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Book SynopsisWhy does Hamas refuse to recognize the legitimacy of the state of Israel? What makes the Israeli-Palestinian conflict so intractable? Reflecting both Israeli and Palestinian points of view, this volume addresses the two powerful, bitterly contested, competing historical narratives that underpin the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Trade Review"... Israeli and Palestinian Narratives of Conflict presents a number of useful and pertinent perspectives on Israeli and Palestinian remembrances of the past." —Marwan Hanania, H-Levant, Sept. 2009
"... [The book's] main contribution is to see the tension as historically produced and contingent, revealling the dynamic interplay between narratives of hegemony and resistence. The key issue is what and who is acknowledged or denied, and how stories are told and re-told, reified and contested, a problem which is at the heart of violence in the Middle East and North Africa." —Human Rights and Human Welfare
"For about 20 years, I have been teaching a course at Brandeis University called The Sociology of the Israeli–Palestinian Confrontation. As I began moving toward seeing conflicting narratives as a central issue, I looked for a book that would present the narratives issue clearly, directly, and compellingly. My search is over. The book is Robert Rotberg’s edited collection that discusses the role of narratives in establishing legitimacy claims, presents varied Israeli and Palestinian narratives, and considers whether these narratives are reconcilable. Rotberg takes no stand on this final issue. He simply offers many views of it." —Society
"... an in-depth study of the Arab-Israeli conflict." —Abdur Raheem Kidwai, Aligarh Muslim University, India, Muslim World Book Review, 29.3 2009
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Preface
Map of the Middle East
1. Building Legitimacy through Narrative Robert I. Rotberg
2. IsraeliJewish Narratives of the IsraeliPalestinian Conflict: Evolution, Contents, Functions, and Consequences Daniel Bar-Tal and Gavriel Salomon
3. Forging Zionist Identity Prior to 1948—Against Which Counter-Identity? Dina Porat
4. The Arab and Palestinian Narratives of the 1948 War Saleh Abdel Jawad
5. Zionism's Encounter with the Palestinians: The Dynamics of Force, Fear, and Extremism Nadim N. Rouhana
6. Conflicting Narratives or Narratives of a Conflict: Can the Zionist and Palestinian Narratives of the 1948 War Be Bridged? Mordechai Bar-On
7. Narratives and Myths about Arab Intransigence toward Israel Mark Tessler
8. The Bridging Narrative Concept Ilan Pappe
9. The Psychology of Better Dialogue between Two Separate but Interdependent Narratives Dan Bar-On and Sami Adwan
10. Contesting National Identity in Palestinian Education Nathan J. Brown
11. The Dynamics of Identity Construction in Israel through Education in History Eyal Naveh
List of Contributors
Index
