One Land, Two States : Israel and Palestine as Parallel States / Mark LeVine, Mathias Mossberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

LeVine, Mark, 1966- Editor.

Mossberg, Mathias, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Peace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One Land, Two States imagines a new vision for Israel and Palestine in a situation where the peace process has failed to deliver an end of conflict. "If the land cannot be shared by geographical division, and if a one-state solution remains unacceptable," the book asks, "can the land be shared in some other way?" Leading Palestinian and Israeli experts along with international diplomats and scholars answer this timely question by examining a scenario with two parallel state structures, both covering the whole territory between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River, allowing for shared rather than competing claims of sovereignty. Such a political architecture would radically transform the nature and stakes of the Israel-Palestine conflict, open up for Israelis to remain in the West Bank and maintain their security position, enable Palestinians to settle in all of historic Palestine, and transform Jerusalem into a capital for both of full equality and independence-all without disturbing the demographic balance of each state. Exploring themes of security, resistance, diaspora, globalism, and religion, as well as forms of political and economic power that are not dependent on claims of exclusive territorial sovereignty, this pioneering book offers new ideas for the resolution of conflicts worldwide.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Foreword: Two States on One Land-Parallel States as an Option for Israel and Palestine

1. One Land-Two States? An Introduction to the Parallel States Concept

2. Can Sovereignty Be Divided?

3. Parallel Sovereignty: Dividing and Sharing Core State Functions

4. Security Strategy for the Parallel States Project: An Israeli Perspective

5. Palestinian National Security

6. An Israel-Palestine Parallel States Economy by 2035

7. Economic Considerations in Implementing a Parallel States Structure

8. Parallel Sovereignty in Practice: Judicial Dimensions of a Parallel States Structure

9. Religion in the Palestinian-Israeli Confl ict: From Obstacle to Peace to Force for Reconciliation?

10. The Necessity for Thinking outside the Box

11. Parallel Lives, Parallel States: Imagining a Different Future

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520279131

0520279131

9780520958401

0520958403

OCLC:

875820422