From Camp David to Cast Lead Essays on Israel, Palestine, and the Future of the Peace Process

by Faruqi, Daanish; Barghouti, Mustapha; Bronner, Stephen Eric; Bishara, Marwan; Davidson, Lawrence; Klein, Menachem; Pachter, Henry; Roy, Sara; Shalom, Stephen R.; Shlaim, Avi; Sondergaard, Elna; Thompson, Michael J.; Zuckermann, Moshe

• ISBN13: 9780739144565
• ISBN10: 0739144561
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-03-17
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

This volume is an appraisal of the past ten years of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Particularly following Israeli Operation Cast Lead in 2009, prospects for a viable Palestinian state existing alongside a secure and independent Israel seem increasingly out of reach. Nonetheless, peace initiatives remain largely limited to the prevailing two-state solution, without much serious attention paid to that paradigm's feasibility in the aftermath of: the Israeli separation barrier, rampant settlement of the West Bank, the crippling of Palestinian civil society by Israeli economic sanctions (and military campaigns), or growing loyalties among disillusioned Palestinians to militant groups like Hamas. Rather than attempt to articulate a new or more viable peace paradigm, this volume seeks to encourage more informed discussion of the present peace process by elaborating on its limitations in the aftermath of the past ten years. Featuring chapters from scholars of international law, political science, philosophy, history, and Middle East Studies, this interdisciplinary volume seeks to analyze the vicissitudes of the Israel-Palestine conflict over the past ten years, in a truly holistic manner.

Author Biography

Daanish Faruqi is a contributing editor to Logos: A Journal of Modern Society and Culture.

Table of Contents

Note on Citations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Beginnings
Who Are the Palestinians?	p. 11
Deconstructing Israeli Democracy: On the Cultural Prerequisites of Political Modernity	p. 21
Security-Settlement Complex	p. 29
2000 to 2006: Sharon, the Intifada, and the Roadmap
Ariel Sharon's War Against the Palestinians	p. 43
The Building of a Wall	p. 53
West Bank Settlements Obstruct Peace: Israel's Empire State Building	p. 59
A Place for Our Dream?	p. 65
2006 to 2008: Hamas Election Sweep, Gaza Incursions, and the Annapolis Peace Conference
Trials in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict	p. 73
Blitzkrieg in Gaza	p. 101
Who Are the Palestinians Today?	p. 109
Gaza in 2009-2010: Operation Cast Lead and the Future of the Peace Process
Unjust and Illegal: The Israeli Attack on Gaza	p. 123
Gaza's Diminishing Landscape	p. 149
Bibliography	p. 161
Index	p. 169
Contributors	p. 171
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