The apparent collapse of the two-state-solution is thundering through intellectual circles. Folks are trying to come to terms with the new terrain. And right on time, Harvard Law School staged a debate between Duncan Kennedy and Noah Feldman– formerly of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, last week.
Justice for Palestine at Harvard Law School Presents:
Faculty Debate:
Israel/Palestine: One State or Two?
Duncan Kennedy, Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, HLS & Noah Feldman, Bemis Professor of International Law, HLS
Moderated by Prof. David Kennedy, Faculty Director of the Institute for Global Law and Policy
Tuesday, October 19th, 5-6:30pm, Pound 102, HLS
The Obama administration’s goal is to save the two-state solution. But is the two-state solution, as currently understood, worth saving? Is it too late for that? Is it really more realistic than the one state solution? Are the Israeli and Palestinian elites willing to do what it takes for a two-state solution?
The HLS classroom, Pound 102, was overflowing. Duncan Kennedy was fabulous. There wasn’t even room to stand. A couple of hundred people attended. Now, parse this email statement today, from Justice for Palestine at Harvard Law:
Hi all, we finally have a recording of Prof. Kennedy’s portion of the event. Given speakers’ wishes a complete recording is not available.
URL: http://www.law.harvard.edu/media/2010/10/19_jfp.mov
It’s really unfortunate of Feldman to not allow his portion of the debate online.
Here’s what the Brangelina of Harvard Law School (Feldman and wife Jeannie Suk) did permit to be recorded: pap.
