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What does Israel fear from Palestine? / Raja Shehadeh

Author
Shehadeh, Raja, 1951-
Published
New York [New York] : Other Press, [2024]
Copyright Date
©2024
Physical Description
113 pages : map ; 19 cm

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Contents
Part one: How did we get here? -- Part two: The Gaza War, 2023-4.
Summary
"A poignant, incisive meditation on Israel's longstanding rejection of peace, and what the war on Gaza means for Palestinian and Israeli futures. When apartheid in South Africa ended in 1994, dismantled by internal activism and global pressure, why did Israel continue to pursue its own apartheid policies against Palestinians? In keeping with a history of antagonism, the Israeli state accelerated the establishment of settlements in the Occupied Territories as extreme right-wing voices gained prominence in government, with comparatively little international backlash. Condensing this complex history into a lucid essay, Raja Shehadeh examines the many lost opportunities to promote a lasting peace and equality between Israelis and Palestinians. Since the creation of Israel in 1948, known to Palestinians as the Nakba, or catastrophe, each side's perception of events has strongly diverged. What can this discrepancy tell us about Israel's undermining of a two-state solution? And will the current genocide in Gaza finally mark a shift in the world's response? With graceful, haunting prose, Shehadeh offers insights into a defining conflict that could yet be resolved."--
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ISBN
9781635425352 (paperback)
1635425352 (paperback)
Note
"This essay is based on a lecture given at SOAS, University of London, and Kyoto University, in 2017, and has been revised and extended in 2024"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-113).
Endowment Note
Steighton (Steve) A. Watts, Jr. Endowment
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