When peace is not enough : how the Israeli peace camp thinks about religion, nationalism, and justice / Atalia Omer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Omer, Atalia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict--Social aspects.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

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

Group identity--Israel.

Group identity.

Peace movements--Israel.

Peace movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The state of Israel is often spoken of as a haven for the Jewish people, a place rooted in the story of a nation dispersed, wandering the earth in search of their homeland. Born in adversity but purportedly nurtured by liberal ideals, Israel has never known peace, experiencing instead a state of constant war that has divided its population along the stark and seemingly unbreachable lines of dissent around the relationship between unrestricted citizenship and Jewish identity. By focusing on the perceptions and histories of Israel's most marginalized stakeholders-Palestinian Israelis, Arab Jews, and non-Israeli Jews-Atalia Omer cuts to the heart of the Israeli-Arab conflict, demonstrating how these voices provide urgently needed resources for conflict analysis and peacebuilding. Navigating a complex set of arguments about ethnicity, boundaries, and peace, and offering a different approach to the renegotiation and reimagination of national identity and citizenship, Omer pushes the conversation beyond the bounds of the single narrative and toward a new and dynamic concept of justice-one that offers the prospect of building a lasting peace.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

ONE. Peace, Justice, and the Zionist Consensus: Peace Now and the Blind Spots of Peacemaking

TWO. Bridging Disciplines and Reimagining "Who We Are"

THREE. Critical Caretakers: The Hermeneutics of Citizenship and the Question of Justice

FOUR. Returning to Sinai: The Religious Zionist Peace Movement

FIVE. Rabbis for Human Rights and Reclaiming Alterity

SIX. Subaltern Visions of Peace I: The Case of the Arab Palestinian Citizens of Israel

SEVEN. Subaltern Visions of Peace II: The Case of the Mizrahim

CONCLUSION. The Hermeneutics of Citizenship: The Missing Dimension of Peacebuilding

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

ISBN:

9780226008103

022600810X

9780226008240

022600824X

OCLC:

842264655