A Palestinian State

Author : Glenn E. Robinson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1997-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0253210828

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Building a Palestinian State by Glenn E. Robinson Pdf

"... an analysis that is as intricate and flawless as it is devastating... Robinson's] presentation is powerful and compelling and his scholarship impeccable." --MESA Bulletin "... an] excellent book. In just 200 pages, Glenn Robinson manages to give the clearest and most concise analysis of the changing political and social structure of the West Bank and Gaza and of current political realities that I have read." --Digest of Middle Eastern Studies "... a fair and sensitive account and contains the best available assessment of the Intifada's political aftermath among Palestinians. An added bonus is that the book is written in an accessible style with enough historical background and contextual explanation to make it ideal as a text for courses in Middle East politics or the politics of revolutions." --American Political Science Review "Well-researched, original, scholarly; deserves the attention of those interested in revolutionary theory or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict." --Choice "Throughout, the book is impressively researched and very well-written.... Building a Palestinian State is a book that deserves to be widely read." --Journal of Palestine Studies "... a well-informed and tightly argued analysis of the evolution of politcal leadership in the West Bank and Gaza from the 1980s to the spring of 1996. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the historical backdrop to current political developments in the areas under the control of the Palestinian Authority." --Middle East Policy "... carefully researched and balanced study..." --Times Literary Supplement "... provides a unique analysis of the various facets of grassroots organizations and their interaction with the emerging state institutions... a major and very timely contribution." --Anne Lesch In this well informed and accessibly written book, Glenn E. Robinson traces the emergence of a new political elite in the West Bank and Gaza in the 1980s and the grassroots political and social revolution it launched during the Intifada.

Author : Glenn E. Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0253332176

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Up-to-date analysis of grassroots Palestinian politics, Islamism, and the emerging Palestinian polity

Author : Raphael Israeli
Publisher : Gefen Publishing House Ltd
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
ISBN : 9652293032

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Dangers of a Palestinian State by Raphael Israeli Pdf

This vital question is explored in a collection of essays by Israel's leading political analysts. Demonstrating a variety of opinions and options, these renowned scholars cover a range of issues, including the Palestinian media, inter-Arab relations, and the consequences of the Oslo peace process. This volume includes two sections: the first section comprises analyses of the dangers of a Palestinian state, and the second section presents alternatives to achieve a viable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A selection of essays by Israel's most renowned authorities on the crisis, this important book is both timely and thought-provoking, providing an in-depth analysis of Middle Eastern affairs in a broad historical, cultural and political contex.

Author : Mark Heller
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 0674652223

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A Palestinian State by Mark Heller Pdf

The future of the West Bank and Gaza remains the single most crucial issue in the search for peace in the Middle East. Heller outlines the conditions under which he believes the establishment of a Palestinian state could be the optimal solution. He also discusses the economic prospects of a Palestinian state and the future of Jerusalem.

Author : Sari Nusseibeh
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674059498

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What Is a Palestinian State Worth? by Sari Nusseibeh Pdf

“In a display of rationality uncommon to discussions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Nusseibeh takes an impartial vantage point, trying to sort out a mess largely generated by overblown and hyperactive political identities.”—Boston Review “[This] philosophical and balanced book is unfailingly sensitive and empathetic to both sides.”—Publishers Weekly Can a devout Jew be a devout Jew and drop the belief in the rebuilding of the Temple? Can a devout Muslim be a devout Muslim and drop the belief in the sacredness of the Rock? Can one right (the right of return) be given up for another (the right to live in peace)? Can one claim Palestinian identity and still retain Israeli citizenship? What is a Palestinian state worth? For over sixty years, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been subjected to many solutions and offered many answers by diverse parties. Yet, answers are only as good as the questions that beget them. It is with this simple, but powerful idea, the idea of asking the basic questions anew, that the renowned Palestinian philosopher and activist Sari Nusseibeh begins his book. What Is a Palestinian State Worth? poses questions about the history, meaning, future, and resolution of the Israel/Palestine conflict. Deeply informed by political philosophy and based on decades of personal involvement with politics and social activism, Nusseibeh’s moderate voice—global in its outlook, yet truly grounded in his native city of Jerusalem—points us toward a future which, as George Lamming once put it, is colonized by our acts in this moment, but which must always remain open.

Author : Nubar Hovsepian
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781443808828

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Palestinian State Formation by Nubar Hovsepian Pdf

This book examines the role of education in building a new Palestinian state, and especially on the role and function of the education system in the process of state formation. Since education frames a people’s identity, the nature of the education system affects how Palestinians relate to their state. Through education the Palestinian Authority (PA) transforms the parameters of identity to serve the requirements of state-building and the peace process. International assistance to the PA affects all of these processes through the disbursal of political rent, whose primary function is to bolster the PA and to keep the peace process going. The new Palestinian Authority has assumed two seemingly contradictory functions: state building and resistance, and the dynamic tensions between the two raise key questions for political and policy analysis. Are these functions mutually exclusive or complementary in the context of the ongoing peace negotiations, and state-building? Can the Palestinian leadership transform the Palestinian national movement from a revolutionary organization to a pragmatic state apparatus? Are the PLO and the PA interchangeable? What type of power does the PA need to cultivate the support, or to secure the compliance, of the Palestinian people for the state-building project? Clearly, the answers to these questions have a direct bearing on the education system. Will this system promote a resistance identity or a state-building legitimizing identity

Author : Leila H. Farsakh
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520385634

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Rethinking Statehood in Palestine by Leila H. Farsakh Pdf

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The quest for an inclusive and independent state has been at the center of the Palestinian national struggle for a very long time. This book critically explores the meaning of Palestinian statehood and the challenges that face alternative models to it. Giving prominence to a young set of diverse Palestinian scholars, this groundbreaking book shows how notions of citizenship, sovereignty, and nationhood are being rethought within the broader context of decolonization. Bringing forth critical and multifaceted engagements with what modern Palestinian self-determination entails, Rethinking Statehood sets the terms of debate for the future of Palestine beyond partition.

Author : Hillel Frisch
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438403410

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Countdown to Statehood by Hillel Frisch Pdf

Countdown to Statehood, based on Arabic, English, and Hebrew language sources, analyzes the form that the Palestinian state is likely to take. The book looks at past institution-building patterns in the West Bank and Gaza, the relationship between the PLO and the local Palestinians, and the nature of the conflict with Israel from 1967 through the first year of the Palestinian Authority under Arafat's leadership. A major reference point in this analysis is the Zionist experience of state-building in Israel's own pre-independence era. Not only did the Zionist experience serve as a model of a successful protagonist that Palestinians wished to emulate, but both also began as diaspora-based. These similarities and, even more so, the dissimilarities between these two struggles for national determination allow the reader to assess the potential likenesses and disparities of the future Palestinian state compared to its Israeli counterpart. The concluding chapter analyzes the findings in the broader context of third-world state-building by arguing, contrary to the common wisdom that "war makes the state," that more peaceful routes to statehood lead to better states in the post-independence era.

Author : J H. H. WEILER
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1032846453

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Israel and the Creation of a Palestinian State by J H. H. WEILER Pdf

First published in 1985, this book (now with a new preface by the author) analyses the reasons for the rejection of a two-state solution by Israel and Palestine. It then sets up a vision of a possible solution which, by taking account of the subjective fears and aspirations of the parties, may be regarded as more feasible.

Author : Sari Nusseibeh
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674064355

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What Is a Palestinian State Worth? by Sari Nusseibeh Pdf

Can a devout Jew be a devout Jew and drop the belief in the rebuilding of the Temple? Can a devout Muslim be a devout Muslim and drop the belief in the sacredness of the Rock? Can one right (the right of return) be given up for another (the right to live in peace)? Can one claim Palestinian identity and still retain Israeli citizenship? What is a Palestinian state worth? For over sixty years, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been subjected to many solutions and offered many answers by diverse parties. Yet, answers are only as good as the questions that beget them. It is with this simple, but powerful idea, the idea of asking the basic questions anew, that the renowned Palestinian philosopher and activist Sari Nusseibeh begins his book. What Is a Palestinian State Worth? poses questions about the history, meaning, future, and resolution of the Israel/Palestine conflict. Deeply informed by political philosophy and based on decades of personal involvement with politics and social activism, Nusseibeh's moderate voiceÑglobal in its outlook, yet truly grounded in his native city of JerusalemÑpoints us toward a future which, as George Lamming once put it, is colonized by our acts in this moment, but which must always remain open.

Author : Jerome M. Segal
Publisher : Lawrence Hill & Company
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
ISBN : 1556520557

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Creating the Palestinian State by Jerome M. Segal Pdf

The author offers a strategy proposal for resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East, arguing that the existance of a Palestinian state would guarantee a humane and safe Israel.

Author : Doug Suisman,Steven Simon,Glenn Robinson,C. Ross Anthony,Michael Schoenbaum
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780833040756

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The Arc by Doug Suisman,Steven Simon,Glenn Robinson,C. Ross Anthony,Michael Schoenbaum Pdf

An examination of options for strengthening the housing and transportation infrastructure of a potential future independent Palestinian state in the context of a large and rapidly growing Palestinian population. The book includes initial cost estimates for improving and expanding infrastructure to facilitate successful development.

Author : Seth Anziska
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691202457

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Preventing Palestine by Seth Anziska Pdf

For seventy years Israel has existed as a state, and for forty years it has honored a peace treaty with Egypt that is widely viewed as a triumph of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East. Yet the Palestinians - the would-be beneficiaries of a vision for a comprehensive regional settlement that led to the Camp David Accords in 1978 - remain stateless to this day. How and why Palestinian statelessness persists are the central questions of Seth Anziska's groundbreaking book, which explores the complex legacy of the agreement brokered by President Jimmy Carter. Based on newly declassified international sources, Preventing Palestine charts the emergence of the Middle East peace process, including the establishment of a separate track to deal with the issue of Palestine. At the very start of this process, Anziska argues, Egyptian-Israeli peace came at the expense of the sovereignty of the Palestinians, whose aspirations for a homeland alongside Israel faced crippling challenges. With the introduction of the idea of restrictive autonomy, Israeli settlement expansion, and Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, the chances for Palestinian statehood narrowed even further. The first Intifada in 1987 and the end of the Cold War brought new opportunities for a Palestinian state, but many players, refusing to see Palestinians as a nation or a people, continued to steer international diplomacy away from their cause.

Author : Emile A. Nakhleh
Publisher : Studies in Foreign Policy
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015004077189

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The West Bank and Gaza by Emile A. Nakhleh Pdf

Author : Virginia Tilley
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780472026166

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The One-State Solution by Virginia Tilley Pdf

"A clear, trenchant book on a topic of enormous importance . . . a courageous plunge into boiling waters. If The One-State Solution helps propel forward a debate that has hardly begun in this country it will have performed a signal scholarly and political function." ---Tony Judt, New York University ". . . a pioneering text. . . . [A]s such it will take pride of place in a brewing debate." ---Gary Sussman, Tel Aviv University "The words ‘The One-State Solution' seem to strike dread, at the least, or terror, at the most, in any established, institutional, or mainstream discourse having to do with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. . . . It therefore takes great courage---and I use the word literally---to title explicitly a book under that infamous label. . . . Virginia Tilley is blessed with such courage and complements it with the requisite academic erudition. . . . Weaving her way through the historical progression of Zionism and through late 20th century and current international and Middle Eastern politics, she shows how the additional, pernicious state of settlement expansion (abetted by other massive human rights violations that go with the occupation) has brought us to the point where only a one-state solution can provide a just peace (and not just a state of conflict management going under the misnomer of peace)." --- Anat Biletsky, Middle East Journal Recent events have once more put the Israeli-Palestinian issue on the front page. After decades of failed peace initiatives, the prospect of reconciliation is in the air yet again as the principal actors maneuver to end the conflict and---the world hopes---bring peace to the region. A one-state solution is a way toward that peace and needs serious, renewed consideration. The One-State Solution explains how Israeli settlements have encroached on the occupied territory of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to such an extent that any Palestinian state in those areas is unworkable. And it reveals the irreversible impact of Israel's settlement grid by summarizing its physical, demographic, financial, and political dimensions. Virginia Tilley elucidates why we should assume that this grid will not be withdrawn---or its expansion reversed---by reviewing the role of the key political actors: the Israeli government, the United States, the Arab states, and the European Union. Finally, Tilley focuses on the daunting obstacles to a one-state solution---including major revision of the Zionist dream but also Palestinian and other regional resistance---and offers some ideas about how those obstacles might be addressed. Virginia Tilley is Chief Research Specialist in the Democracy and Governance Division of the Human Resources Council in Cape Town, South Africa.