9780253218575-0253218578-Israeli and Palestinian Narratives of Conflict: History's Double Helix (Middle East Studies)

Israeli and Palestinian Narratives of Conflict: History's Double Helix (Middle East Studies)

ISBN-13: 9780253218575
ISBN-10: 0253218578
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Author: Robert I. Rotberg
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Format: Paperback 296 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780253218575
ISBN-10: 0253218578
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Author: Robert I. Rotberg
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Format: Paperback 296 pages

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Israeli and Palestinian Narratives of Conflict: History's Double Helix (Middle East Studies) (ISBN-13: 9780253218575 and ISBN-10: 0253218578), written by authors Robert I. Rotberg, was published by Indiana University Press in 2006. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Israel & Palestine (Middle East History, Social Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent Israeli and Palestinian Narratives of Conflict: History's Double Helix (Middle East Studies) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Israel & Palestine books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $3.32.

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"An exciting and wide-ranging exploration of the myths and narratives that lie behind the unresolved Arab-Israeli and Israeli-Palestinian conflicts.... Anyone dedicated to the fullest possible understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will want to read this volume cover to cover." ―Neil Caplan, Vanier College, Montreal

Why does Hamas refuse to recognize the legitimacy of the state of Israel? Why do Israeli settlers in the West Bank insist that Israel has a legitimate right to that territory? What makes the Israeli-Palestinian conflict so intractable? Reflecting both Israeli and Palestinian points of view, this provocative volume addresses the two powerful, bitterly contested, competing historical narratives that underpin the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Compelling contributions by Israeli and Palestinian authors show how the intertwined reckonings of the historical past―history’s double helix―provide powerful ammunition for current battles. Just when a resolution of the conflict might seem to be on the horizon, the gulf of history resurges to separate the contenders. Palestinians and Israelis remain locked in struggle, tightly entangled and enveloped by a historical cocoon of growing complexity, fundamental disagreement, and overriding miscalculation.

This book creates a dialogue among Palestinian and Israeli authors, who examine opposing versions of the historical narratives in the context of contemporary Israeli-Palestinian relations. In hard-hitting essays the contributors debate the two justifying and rationalizing constructions, laying bare the conflict’s roots and the distorted prisms that fuel it. Israeli and Palestinian Narratives of Conflict is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to make sense of today’s headlines.

Contributors are Sami Adwan, Dan Bar-On, Mordechai Bar-On, Daniel Bar-Tal, Nathan J. Brown, Saleh Abdel Jawad, Eyal Naveh, Ilan Pappe, Dina Porat, Robert I. Rotberg, Nadim N. Rouhana, Gavriel Salomon, and Mark Tessler.

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