Sharing the land of Canaan : human rights and the Israeli-Palestinian struggle / Mazin B. Qumsiyeh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Qumsiyeh, Mazin B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Mazin Qumsiyeh brings to light many forgotten and willfully buried facts about the origins of the Israel-Palestinian conflict.' Norman Finkelstein'A tour-de-force.' Naseer Aruri, Professor Emeritus and author of 'Dishonest Broker''An erudite work of extensive scholarship, enormous scope, searing honesty, and intellectual audacity. ... Breathtaking!' Dr. Hanan AshrawiThere is no more compelling and dramatic unfolding story, with more profound international ramifications, than the conflict in the Middle East. Sharing the Land of Canaan is a critical examination of the core issues of the conflict that dares to put forward a radical but logical solution: that a shared state is the best way to achieve justice and peace for Israelis and Palestinians. Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, a human rights activist based at Yale University, offers an overview of the issues at stake, and outlines his vision for a lasting peace based on upholding the principles of human rights for all. Tackling taboo subjects, myths and obstacles, he argues convincingly that apartheid in the form of a two-state solution is no longer a feasible way to achieve enduring peace. At this critical time, when the 'road map' to peace looks more uncertain than ever, this book provides a refreshing counterpoint to the failed strategies of the past. It is a direct and accessible account of the history - and mythology - of the fabled 'Land of Canaan', which lays out hopeful ideas for the future of this truly multiethnic and multicultural region.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

1. Introduction

2. People and the Land

Ancient Peoples and Culture

The Nabateans

Cultural and Religious Symbiosis in Canaan

A 'Melting-Pot' Origin of Native People

Palestinians

3. Biology and Ideology

Eugenics, Population Genetics, and Political Ideology

Genetics and the Bible

Genetics versus Zionist Mythology

4. Palestinian Refugees and Their Right to Return

Early Proposals for Population Removal

Why Did the Palestinians Leave?

Intention, Rhetoric, and Reality

The Consequences of Al-Nakba

Continued Ethnic Cleansing versus Justice and Repatriation

The Desirability and Feasibility of Return

5. Jerusalem (Ur-Salem, Jebus, Yerushalaym, Al-Qods): A Pluralistic City

Jebusites and Jerusalemites

Changing Powers, Eternal People

Jerusalem under Islamic Rule

Twentieth-century Nationalism

Reunification or Apartheid and Exclusion

The Future: A City of Peace

6. Zionism

Christian Zionism and Colonialism

Zionism Taking Root among European Jewish Communities

Zionism after 1948

Is Zionism the Mirror Image of Anti- Semitism?

A Post-Zionist Discourse

7. Is Israel a Democracy?

A Basic Analysis of the 'Basic Laws'

The 'Absentee Laws'

Institutionalized Discrimination

8. Violence and Terrorism

The Seeds and Roots of Terrorism

Fear

Terrorism in the Land of Canaan

Resistance versus Terrorism

Justice Brings Peace, Injustice Perpetuates Violence

9. Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Torture

Targeting Civilians

Human Rights as the Cornerstone for Peace

10. The Conflict and Sustainable Development

The Palestinian and Israeli Economies and Societies: Separate and Unequal

Changes since 1991

Water

Environmental Degradation

Prosperity with Equality and Sustainability.

11. The Political Context

Natives and Zionists: An Inevitable Clash?

Britain and France and the Zionist Program

Britain Hands the Torch to the US

Israeli Political Discourse

An Era of Peace?

Palestinian Political Discourse

The Oslo Accords

Might Makes Right?

12. The International Context and International Law

Early International Failures

An Illegal Partition

The Fourth Geneva Convention

UNSC Resolutions 242, 338, and More

13. Peace Can be Based on Human Rights and International Law

Zionist Discourse

Reality is not Conducive to a Two- State Solution

The Politics of Justice

Altruism is Pragmatic

We Have Been There, Done That

The Power of Coexistence and Non-violent Direct Action

Psychological and Physical Apartheid

An Inevitable Solution

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-232) and index.

ISBN:

9786611750473

9781783719389

1783719389

9781849642163

1849642168

9781281750471

1281750476

9781435662346

1435662342

OCLC:

646382087