Philosophical Perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

by Kapitan,Tomis

• ISBN13: 9781563248788
• ISBN10: 1563248786
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1997-03-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This volume addresses a number of philosophical problems that arise in consideration of the century-old conflict between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs. Consisting of essays by fifteen contributors (including both Israeli and Palestinian philosophers) and a lengthy introduction by the editor, it deals with rights to land, sovereignity, self-determination, the existence and legitimacy of states, cultural prejudice, national identity, intercommunal violence, and religious intransigence.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Map An Historical Introduction to the Philosophical Issues Nationalism and Prejudice Rights to Territory

The Principle of Self-Determination

The Palestine Mandate

The Debate at the United Nations

Partition, Independence, Catastrophe

The Existence and Legitimacy of States

Expansion

Resistance, Retaliation, Representations

The Intifada

Religious Claims

Tolerance, Compromise, Tragedy

The Right to National Self-Determination

Formulating the Right of National Self-Determination

The Moral Status of Israel

State Terrorism and Its Sponsors

Jus in Bello and the Intifada

Targeting Children: Rights vs Realpolitik

Land, Property, and Occupation: A Question of Political Philosophy

Personal and National Identity: A Tale of Two Wills

The State of Palestine: The Question of Existence

The Ethical Dimension of the Jewish-Arab Conflict

Philosophical Reflections on Religious Claims and Religious Intransigence in Relation to the Conflict

In Search of the Emperor's New Clothes: Reflections on Rights in the Palestine Conflict

Beyond Justice and Rights: Competing Israeli and Palestinian Claims

Zionism, Liberalism, and the State

Tragic Justice

Contributors

References

Index

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