Israel or Palestine? : is the two-state solution already dead? : a political and military history of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict / Hasan Afif El-Hasan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

El-Hasan, Hasan Afif, 1932-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict--Peace.

Palestine--Politics and government.

Israel--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Pub., c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written by a Palestinian with intimate knowledge of the political and physical landscape of the region, at its basic level the book advocates for a just peace based on the human rights and international law, a peace which all parties to the century-old conflict need. In this history of Palestine, the author shows that both sides of the conflict as well as the international community share the blame for the failure to bring the issue to a just conclusion. Most of the responsibility, he says, lies at the door of the Palestinian leaders themselves, who seem to suffer from institutionalized incompetence in dealing with the Israelis; and the Israelis are to be blamed for their refusal to transform their colonial enterprise into reconciliation politics by acknowledging the claims of the indigenous Palestinian people. At the same time, there is every sign that this impasse was deliberately created at the outset by the international community, led by Great Britain, in the endless game of "divide and rule." Unlike many optimistic writers who expect US President Barack Obama and his administration to find a just solution to the conflict, the author concludes that the Obama Administration would have to reverse the traditional US policy in the Middle East entirely if it is to solve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Delving into the historical background behind all the parties to the issue, the book provides much-needed background for understanding news events today and basic information that even human rights activists and peace organizations may not have fully appreciated. Throughout, the author seeks to transcend his ethnicity and deal fairly with the positions of people holding different worldviews.

Contents:

The issue

Arab nationalism

Palestine since the 19th century

Zionism

The Hashemites and Palestine

Egypt and Palestine since 1914

The roadmap and roadblocks

Palestinian democracy experiment

The 2006 Lebanese-Israeli War

The "peace process"

The need for liberation without violence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-87586-794-4

OCLC:

693761541