ABSTRACT
Britaincastsalongpost-colonialshadowovertheMiddleEastandthis essaywillvisitoneculturalsiteofitscolonialoccupation,legalnarratives inPalestine.Thevantagepointforviewingsomecriticalmomentsofthis legaloccupationisthePalestinian-IsraeliAccords,whichencodemuchof thishistory.BritishheritageoriginatesfromtheMandateperiodand indicatesthatcurrentpolitical,culturalandlegaldiscourseofthelate20th centuryremainsentangledwithinthecolonialexperience.Theinequalities broughtaboutbyEuropeanimperialpowershavestampedthemselves,not merelyuponthemapbutuponthemind.
