1st Edition

Politics and Violence in Israel/Palestine Democracy versus Military Rule

By Lev Luis Grinberg Copyright 2010
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

The Israeli regime is a paradox. Considered a democracy, it has no recognized borders and controls the majority of Palestinians by military rule, while the resistance of non-citizen Palestinians exerts major influence over politics and policies. Drawing on detailed academic research and a broad knowledge of Israeli politics and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this book narrates and... Read more

1. Introduction.  Part 1: Theoretical and Historical Background  2. The Dynamics of Political Space  3. Historical Background: The Israeli-Palestinian Imbroglio and the Road to Oslo  Part 2: Peace Negotiations: Between Democratization and Decolonization  4. Peace without Borders? The 'Tactical Failure' of Oslo  5. From Gaza to Beit Lid: The Strategic Trap  6. Rabin’s Assassination: The Fall of a Charismatic Movement  Part 3: The Imagined Peace: The Illusion and its Shattering 1996-2000  7. Redesigning Israeli Political Space: The Rise of Post-Conflict Agendas  8. Abandoning Oslo and Reviving National Unity  Part 4: The Military Occupation of Politics  9. Repressing Intifada II: Attoning for Leaving Lebanon  10. The Unilateral Strategy: Separation Walls, Disengagement, Elections and War  11. No Paradise Now

Biography

Lev Luis Grinberg is Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ben Gurion University, Israel. A political economist and sociologist, he is the founder of the Conscience Objectors movement Yesh Gvul and an advisor of Histadrut Union reforms.

Reviews can be found here:

International Journals of Middle East Studies: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8254516

Tikkun Magazine: http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010yiftachel

The American Prospect: http://prospect.org/article/imagined-israel-0