Book by Lori Allen traces Palestinians' evolving relationship to human rights discourse in the West Bank from the First Intifada through the Oslo period. Allen argues that growing cynicism about human rights reflects Palestinians' experience of the gap between rights language and the realities of occupation, showing how NGOs and diplomatic actors deployed human rights as a technocratic tool that depoliticized resistance. Essential for researchers working on NGOs and humanitarianism under occupation, the depoliticization of Palestinian resistance through human rights frameworks, and the First Intifada's political legacy in the West Bank.
