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Book SynopsisThis book is designed to introduce American readers to the terms of the discussion of a two-state solution. It is the first to bring together Jewish and Palestinian scholars, as well as non-Israeli citizen Palestinian and American Jews, to bear on a very topical subject with international ramifications.
Trade Review[T]here is much in this book that deserves praise and may serve to inspire optimism. Indeed, there are a number of nuanced chapters that focus on such issues as the root causes of the Arab–Israeli conflict; the essential nature of human rights; reconciliation; and planning spatial relations between Israelis and Palestinians. These, along with others concerning, inter alia, the idea of sharing sovereignty and reflections on a shared future in Israel–Palestine, contribute to give this book a certain value-added, especially when dealing with a subject-matter that may have become moribund in the view of many due to its intractable nature.... Overall, this volume will contribute to the existing literature on the topic of Israel– Palestine and their future, and will add to readers’ knowledge of the subject-matter. * International Affairs *
This book assembles some of the best critical experts about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, to reflect creatively about what may come next, after the demise of the long awaited “Two States Solution”. It suggests rich and fresh diagnoses and prognoses of the conflict. It is a timely collection, and if I had to read now one book on the subject it would be it. -- Uri Ram, professor, Ben Gurion University of the Negev; President of Israeli Sociological Association
The reach is ambitious, spanning not only suggestions for radically altering the prevailing systems of control over Israel-Palestine, but also a wide variety of historical, analytical, philosophical and political expositions and critiques aimed at providing insights into the stubbornness of the conflict and barriers to its resolution. * Ethnic and Racial Studies *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Picture John Ehrenberg Section 1: Overviews Chapter 1: Facing the Music: Israel, Palestine, and the Politics of Partisan Delusions Stephen Eric Bronner Chapter 2: Making Sense of the Nakba: Ari Shavit, Baruch and Zionist Claims to Territory Ian S. Lustick Chapter 3: Israel and the Closing of the American Jewish Mind Richard Silverstein Chapter 4: The Root Causes Of Enduring Conflict: Can Israel And Palestine Co-Exist? Jeffry Frieden Chapter 5: Reclaiming Human Rights: Alternative Paths to an Israeli/Palestinian Peace Micheline Ishay and David Kretzmer Section 2: Two States Chapter 6: Not Exactly Apartheid: Between Settler Colonialism and Military Occupation Honaida Ghanim Chapter 7: The One-State Delusion Assaf Sharon Chapter 8: To What Extent Reconciliation? An Analysis of the Geneva Accord between Israelis and Palestinians Yoav Kapshuk Chapter 9: One Homeland, Two States: Planning Alternative Spatial Relations between Palestine and Israel Rassem Khamaisi Section 3: The One-State Alternative Chapter 10: The Way Forward in the Middle East Horit Herman Peled and Yoav Peled Chapter 11: The One-State Solution and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Palestinian Challenges and Prospects Leila Farsakh Chapter 12: A One-State Solution? From a ‘Struggle Unto Death’ to ‘Master-Slave’ Dialectics Raif Zreik Chapter 13: Past and Present Perfect of Israel’s One-State Solution Moshe Behar Section 4: Confederation Chapter 14: Towards a Shared Vision of Israel and Israel/Palestine Oren Barak Chapter 15: Neither One nor Two: Reflections about a Shared Future in Israel-Palestine Lev Luis Grinberg Chapter 16: Between One and Two: Apartheid or Confederation for Israel/Palestine? Oren Yiftahel Chapter 17: Beyond Traditional Sovereignty Theory in Conflict Resolution: Lessons from Israel/Palestine Amal Jamal Conclusion: Out of the Darkness John Ehrenberg
