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Israeli and Palestinian narratives of conflict : history's double helix
Title
Israeli and Palestinian narratives of conflict : history's double helix / edited by Robert I. Rotberg.
Publication
Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, [2006]
Copyright Notice Date
copyright 2006
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 283 pages) : illustrations, map.
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Includes index.
In English.
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Summary
Why does Hamas refuse to recognize the legitimacy of the state of Israel? Why do Israeli settlers in the West Bank insist that Israel has a legitimate right to that territory? What makes the Israeli-Palestinian conflict so intractable? Reflecting both Israeli and Palestinian points of view, this provocative volume addresses the two powerful, bitterly contested, competing historical narratives that underpin the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Compelling contributions by Israeli and Palestinian authors show how the intertwined reckonings of the historical past "history's double helix" provide powerful ammunition for current battles. Just when a resolution of the conflict might seem to be on the horizon, the gulf of history resurges to separate the contenders. Palestinians and Israelis remain locked in struggle, tightly entangled and enveloped by a historical cocoon of growing complexity, fundamental disagreement, and overriding miscalculation. This book creates a dialogue among Palestinian and Israeli authors, who examine opposing versions of the historical narratives in the context of contemporary Israeli-Palestinian relations. In hard-hitting essays the contributors debate the two justifying and rationalizing constructions, laying bare the conflict's roots and the distorted prisms that fuel it. Israeli and Palestinian Narratives of Conflict is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to make sense of today's headlines.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 09, 2016
Series
Indiana series in Middle East studies
Contents
Building legitimacy through narrative / Robert I. Rotberg
Israeli-Jewish narratives of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: evolution, contents, functions, and consequences / Daniel Bar-Tal and Gavriel Salomon
Forging Zionist identity prior to 1948 : against which counter-identity? / Dina Porat
The Arab and Palestinian narratives of the 1948 war / Saleh Abdel Jawad
Zionism's encounter with the Palestinians : the dynamics of force, fear, and extremism / Nadim N. Rouhana
Conflicting narratives or narratives of a conflict : can the Zionist and Palestinian narratives of the 1948 War be bridged? / Mordechai Bar-On
Narratives and myths about Arab intransigence toward Israel / Mark Tessler
The bridging narrative concept / Ilan Pappe
The psychology of better dialogue between two separate but interdependent narratives / Dan Bar-On and Sami Adwan
Contesting national identity in Palestinian education / Nathan J. Brown
The dynamics of identity construction in Israel through education in history / Eyal Naveh.
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