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Debating Palestine and Israel.
Title:
Debating Palestine and Israel.
Author:
Cohn-Sherbok, Dan.
ISBN:
9781907605505
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (264 pages)
Contents:
Praise -- Debating Palestine and Israel -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the authors -- Preface -- Foreword -- The Palestine-Israeli Conflict (Timeline) -- Maps -- Chapter 1: Nineteenth-Century Anti-Semitism -- The Problem of Anti-Semitism -- Anti-Semitism - A Christian Counter-Current -- A Jewish State? -- A Separate Homeland Is Not the Only Solution -- The Question of a Jewish Homeland -- Assimilation Can Never Be the Answer! -- Chapter 2: Zionism -- The Many Faces of Zionism -- The Zionist Quest -- The Bible Is Our Mandate! -- An Historic Mandate -- The Eretz Israel Has a History for Palestinians Too! -- The Bible and History -- Chapter 3: The Balfour Declaration -- The Road to Balfour -- The Road to Balfour - Contradictory Promises -- British Betrayal -- Balfour - A Web of Deceit -- Settlers and Incomers -- There Were Other Ways! -- Chapter 4: The Aftermath of the Balfour Declaration -- The Unravelling of Deceit -- The Problem of Anti-Semitism -- Aftermath of Balfour - Buying Up Arab Land -- The Jewish Problem -- You Cannot Solve One Injustice with Another! -- A Clear View of History -- Chapter 5: The British Mandate -- Arab Resistance -- The Impact of Balfour in Palestine -- Delegitimizing the State of Israel -- Was This Conflict Avoidable? -- Jews and Arabs -- A Failure of Empathy -- Chapter 6: Palestine before the Second World War -- The Contribution of Women in the Struggle -- The Liberation of Women -- Palestinian Women and the Arab Rebellion -- Arab Intransigence -- Gandhi and the Issue of Justice for Palestine -- Misunderstanding Zionism -- Chapter 7: Between the First and Second World War -- Jewish Extremism -- Seeking Justice for Both Sides -- The Grand Mufti and the Jews -- Increasing Radicalisation on All Sides - Revolt against the British -- Nazism and the Zionist Cause -- Anti-Palestinian Propaganda.

Chapter 8: Post War Developments 1946-1948 -- Zionist Systematic Planning -- Plan Dalet: The Controversy -- Al Nakba - The Catastrophe -- The War of Independence -- Let the Truth Be Known! -- Delegitimizing Israel -- Chapter 9: The War of Independence and Aftermath -- The War of Independence -- A Crucial Moment in Our Story -- The Nakba -- Seeking the Truth about al Nakba -- Revisionist History -- Revisionist History and Misinterpretations -- Chapter 10: Suez and Beyond -- Aftermath of 1948 -- Obstacles to Reconciliation -- The Right to Return - Still a Burning Issue -- The Palestinian Struggle -- The Persistence of Non-violence -- The Plight of the Refugees -- Chapter 11: The Six-Day War and Its Aftermath -- Continuing Aggression -- Triumph and Tragedy -- Arab Aggression against Israel -- Palestinian Refugees and Their Host Arab Countries -- The PLO and the Jews -- Ben-Gurion and 'Peaceful Coexistence' - Confronting the Truth -- Chapter 12: Renewed Conflict between Israel and the Arabs -- Yasser Arafat and the Battle of Karameh -- Mounting Aggression -- You Cannot Kill a People's Memory! -- Justifying Horror -- Mounting Violence - Yet a Chink of Hope -- The Road to Peace -- Chapter 13: The Palestinian Problem -- Obstacles to Peace -- Camp David - A Failed Peace Initiative and Its Aftermath -- The Death of the Camp David Accords -- The Massacres of Sabra-Shatila -- Arabs and the Peace Initiative -- Admit the Picture Is More Ambiguous! -- Chapter 14: The Uprising -- The Non-violent Intifada of 1987 -- An Alternative View -- Another Alternative - Palestinian Christian Non-violence -- Palestinians and Armed Struggle -- The Enduring Spirit of the First Intifada -- The Possibility of Peace -- Chapter 15: Arab-Israeli Negotiations -- The Road to Peace -- Obstacles to Peace -- Undermining the Peace Process -- Were the Oslo Accords Just?.

The Danger of Intransigence -- This Elusive Peace - Another Significant Dimension -- Chapter 16: Before and after September 11 - The Second Intifada 2000 and the Attack on the Twin Towers -- A New Wave of Violence - Sharon Lights the Match! -- Reviving the Peace Process -- The Horrific Impact of 'The Wall' -- The Separation Barrier -- The Imperative of Truth -- The Security Fence (or Wall) -- Chapter 17: Continuing Conflict -- Towards Peace -- Operation Defensive Shield -- Defensive Shield -- The Need for a Reconciling Stance -- Palestinians and Violence -- The Many Types of Violence and the Many Faces of Resistance -- Chapter 18: Gaza and Beyond -- Gaza - A Crucible of Suffering -- Continuing Violence -- Who Started It? -- Gaza -- Goldstone Report -- The Return of the Exiles -- Chapter 19: Beyond the Gaza War -- Faltering Steps toward Peace -- The Complexities of the One- or Two-State Solutions -- The Two-State Solution -- What Solution is Viable? -- The Right of Return -- What to Do about Settlements? -- Chapter 20: The Future -- What Chance for Peace? -- The Settlements -- The Struggle for Jerusalem -- Jerusalem and Borders -- A Kairos Moment for Peace? -- Towards Peace -- Bibliography -- Index -- A, B, C -- D, E, F -- G, H, I -- J, K, L -- M, N, O -- P, Q, R -- S, T, U -- V, W, X -- Y, Z -- Copyright.
Abstract:
While the Jews strove for statehood and national identity as a result of their claim to their ancient homeland, the Palestinians were denied both, leading to their marginalisation and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. This book seeks to uncover and explore the central issues of this crisis through the dialogue and debate of a pro-Palestinian Christian and a pro-Zionist Jew. Clashing viewpoints are expressed as the authors trace the history of the PalestinianIsraeli conflict from the end of the nineteenth century until the present. By outlining past and present events in an accessible manner, the difficulties, rationales and emotions encountered in the creation of the Jewish state are confronted, with the hope that a greater understanding and sympathy between Jews, Christians and Muslims is engendered as well as making a contribution to a peaceful solution to what appears to be an intractable conflict. This concise history appeals to students of the conflict wishing to engage with the material in a creative way, presenting the cases of opposing positions side by side.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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