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ISBN 10: 1119524016
ISBN 13: 9781119524014
Author: Neil Caplan

Numerous instances of competing, sometimes incompatible narratives of controversial events are found throughout history. Perhaps the starkest example of such contradictory representations is the decades-long conflict between Israel and Palestine. For over 140 years, Israelis, Palestinians, and scores of peacemakers have failed to establish a sustainable, mutually-acceptable solution. The Israel-Palestine Conflict introduces the historical basis of the dispute and explores both the tangible issues and intangible factors that have blocked a peaceful resolution. Author Neil Caplan helps readers understand the complexities and contradictions of the conflict and why the histories of Palestine and Israel are so fiercely contested.

Now in its second edition, this book has been thoroughly updated to reflect the events that have transpired since its original publication. Fresh insights consider the impact of current global and regional instability and violence on the prospects of peace and reconciliation. New discussions address recent debates over two-state versus one-state solutions, growing polarization in public discourse outside of the Middle East, the role of public intellectuals, and the growing trend of merging scholarship with advocacy. Part of the Wiley-Blackwell Contested Histories series, this clear and accessible volume:

Offers a balanced, non-polemic approach to current academic discussions and political debates on the Israel-Palestine conflict

Highlights eleven core arguments viewed by the author as unwinnable

Encourages readers to go beyond simply assigning blame in the conflict

Explores the major historiographical debates arising from the dispute

Includes updated references and additional maps

Already a standard text for courses on the history and politics of the Middle East, The Israel-Palestine Conflict is an indispensable resource for students, scholars, and interested general readers

Contested Histories The Israel Palestine Conflict 2nd Edition Table of contents:

Part I: Introduction

1 Problems in Defining the Conflict

What’s in a Name?

Loaded Terminology

Maps

Dates and Periodization

An Ongoing Conflict: Tractable or Intractable?

Conflict Resolution or Conflict Management?

The “Other” Arab–Israeli Conflict

Advocacy and Censure

2 Defining the Conflict, Nevertheless

Who Are the Conflicting Parties?

What Are the Main Issues in Contention among the Parties to the Conflict?

Competing Narratives: Right versus Right, Victim versus Victim

Ways of Visualizing the Conflict

Analogies and Parables

The Conflict in Comparative Perspective: Three Paradigms

Part II: Histories in Contention

3 Background to 1917: Origins of Conflict

Ancient Ties and Historical Memories

Early Encounters: 1880s–1914

An Unseen Question?

Colonialism and Nationalism

Victims versus Victims

4 Arabs and Jews under the British Mandate

Wartime Commitments: Palestine as the “Much Too Promised Land”?

Britain’s “Dual Obligation”

The Mandate and Its Implementation: Cycle of Protests and Inquiry Commissions

Clashes and Confrontations during the Early Years of the Mandate

Zionist Responses to Palestinian Arab Opposition

“Making the Desert Bloom”

The Deceptive Lull

5 Collapse of the Mandate

Radicalization of Palestinian Politics

General Strike and Rebellion, 1936

Turning Point: The (Peel) Royal Commission

Retreat from Partition

The Resort to Force: Violence, Terrorism, and National Struggles

6 Shoah, Atzma’ut, Nakba

The Holocaust and Jewish Immigration to Palestine

The Anglo–American Committee of Inquiry

UNSCOP and the Creation of Israel

War: Atzma’ut and Nakba

Nakba and Shoah: Victims versus Victims, Once Again

7 Israel and the Arab States, 1949–1973

The Palestinian Issue after 1949

From Armistice to Non‐Peace

Low‐Intensity Border Warfare, 1949–1956

From War to War, I (1949–1956)

From War to War, II (1957–1967)

From War to War, III (1967–1973)

8 Back to the Core

Primal Fears, New Militancy

The Re‐Emergence of the Palestinian National Movement after 1967

The Palestine Question at the United Nations

9 From Camp David to the West Bank to Lebanon

Camp David and the Israel–Egypt Peace Process

The West Bank and Gaza after Camp David

Operation “Peace for Galilee”: Israel Invades Lebanon, 1982

Righteous Victimhood in the 1980s

10 From Mutual Boycott to Mutual Recognition, 1982–1995

Peace Plans and Planting Seeds

The First Intifada and the Gulf War, 1987–1991

Madrid and Oslo: A New Peace Process

11 From Breakthrough to Breakdown, 1995–2018

Continuing Diplomatic Efforts

The Al‐Aqsa Intifada

Changes in the Geo‐Strategic Environment

Three Gaza Wars, Three Blueprints for Peace

The Annapolis Process and Kerry’s Shuttle Diplomacy

Part III: Towards a More Useful Discussion of the Arab–Israeli Conflict

12 Writing about the Conflict

On the Shortcomings of “Myths versus Facts”

Objectivity and Bias in Academe

Scholars and Activists

Israel’s “New Historians”

Missed Opportunities

Trends in Palestinian and Israeli Historiography

13 Grappling with the Obstacles

Issues versus Rights

The Shape of the Future: What “Solutions”?

Unwinnable Core Arguments

Righteous Victimhood

Imagining Dialogue

Reducing Some Obstacles to Understanding the Conflict

Telling It Like It Is

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