1st Edition
Routledge Companion to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
This Companion explores the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from its inception to the present day, demonstrating the depth and breadth of the many facets of the conflict, from the historical, political, and diplomatic to the social, economic, and pedagogical aspects. The contributions also engage with notions of objectivity and bias and the difficulties this causes when studying the conflict, in order to reflect the diversity of views and often contentious discussion surrounding this conflict.
The volume is organized around six parts, reflecting the core aspects of the conflict:
- historical and scholarly context of the competing narratives
- contemporary evolution of the conflict and its key diplomatic junctures
- key issues of the conflict
- its local dimensions
- international environment of the conflict
- the "other images" of the conflict, as reflected in public opinion, popular culture, the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, and academia and pedagogy.
Providing a comprehensive approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this companion is designed for academics, researchers, and students interested in the key issues and contemporary themes of the conflict.
Introduction
Asaf Siniver
PART I: Setting the Context
1. Historiography of the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Neil Caplan
2. How It Began: Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Alan Dowty
3. Societal Beliefs, Collective Emotions and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Oded Adomi Leshem and Eran Halperin
4. Palestinian Nationalism
Wendy Pearlman
5. Zionism
Donna Robinson Divine
6. Radical Asymmetry, Conflict Resolution, and Strategic Engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Oliver Ramsbotham
PART II: Historical Evolution of the Conflict
7. The 1948 War and Its Consequences
Michael R. Fischbach and Taylor L. Williams
8. The Palestinians and Arab-Israeli Diplomacy, 1967-1991
Seth Anziska
9. The Oslo Peace Process and the Camp David Summit, 1993-2000
Ian J. Bickerton
10. The End of Oslo and the Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Brent E. Sasley
11. The Demise of the Peace Process
Jacob Eriksson
PART III: The Key Issues of the Conflict
12. Palestinian Refugees
Susan M. Akram
13. Jerusalem
Menachem Klein
14. The Israeli Settlements: Past, Present, and Future
Ariel Handel, Marco Allegra and Erez Maggor
15. Economic Liberalisation vs. National Liberation
Sahar Taghdisi Rad
16. The Power of Water in Palestinian-Israeli Relations
Emily Mckee
17. Security in the Israel-Palestine Conflict: Applying a Territorial Prism
Rob Geist Pinford
18. The Role of Religion and Interreligious Dialogue in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Ron Kronish
PART IV: The Local Dimensions of the Conflict
19. The Palestinian National Movement and the Struggle Within
Dag Henrik Tuastad
20. Israeli Domestic Politics and the Challenges of Peacemaking
Oded Haklai
21. Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Maha Nassar
22. Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State
Mohammed Saif-Alden Wattad
23. Civil Society and Citizen-to-Citizen Diplomacy
Galia Golan
24. Feminist Activism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Siobhan Byrne
PART V: The International Dimensions of the Conflict
25. The United Nations and International Law
Alan Craig
26. The Arab World and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Ahmad Barakat
27. The European Union and the Conflict
Costanza Musu
28. American Approaches to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Jonathan Rynhold
29. The "Israel Lobby" and Relations between the American Jewish Community and Israel
Shaiel Ben-Ephraim
30. Russia and the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Derek Averre
PART VI: The Other Images of the Conflict
31. Israeli and Palestinian Public Opinion and the Two-state Solution: Paradigm or Window?
Dahlia Scheindlin
32. Popular Culture in Israel/Palestine
Anastasia Valassopoulos
33. Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Maia Carter Hallward
34. The Conflict on Campus
Matthew Berkman
35. Teaching and Learning about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Israel
Ayman K. Agbaria and Aline Muff
36. Studying the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Imogen Watson
Conclusion
37. Samson’s Fall & Solomon’s Judgment: Feelings & Fairness in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Uriel Abulof
Biography
Asaf Siniver is a reader in International Security at the University of Birmingham, UK. His research focuses on the intersection of conflict resolution, diplomacy, international security, and the role of third parties in the settlement of territorial disputes. He has published extensively on the politics, history, and diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and the international relations of the Middle East. He is editor of the Journal of Global Security Studies and a Leverhulme Research Fellow. His current research examines the role of international law in territorial disputes.
