1st Edition

The Discourse of Palestinian-Israeli Relations Persistent Analytics and Practices

Edited By Sean F. McMahon Copyright 2010
242 Pages
by Routledge

242 Pages
by Routledge

242 Pages
by Routledge

Many observers have portrayed the Oslo Process as a milestone in the peacemaking process between Palestinians and Israelis. In this controversial and groundbreaking new work, McMahon challenges the interpretation of the Oslo Process as a breakthrough or new beginning in Palestinian-Israeli relations. He argues that the Oslo Process affected no discursive or non-discursive change and that the Oslo... Read more

Introduction  1. Excavating the Oslo Process  2. Reading the Oslo Process  3. Pre-1993 Systematic Silences  4. Pre-1993 Rules of Formation  5. Post-1993 Systematic Silences  6. Post-1993 Rules of Formation  7. Persistent Israeli Practices  8. Conclusion

Biography

Sean F. McMahon is a Post-Doctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor at the American University in Cairo. His research focuses on Palestinian-Israeli politics generally, and the Oslo Process and its effects more specifically. He has published his research in Canadian Foreign Policy and the British Journal of Middle East Studies.