What Does Israel Fear from Palestine?
Raja Shehadeh
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Coup de coeur
(Mid. East), by Lily
If you are studying INTERNATIONAL POLITICS or MIDDLE EAST STUDIES Raja Shehadeh is one of the most prominent Palestinian authors to read. Shehadeh is a human rights lawyer specialising in the Palestinian cause, and his latest book What Does Israel Fear from Palestine is a concise history of the relationship between Israel and Palestine, specifically looking at why peace negotiations between the two have thus far failed. Shehadeh is often assigned reading for students of Middle Eastern politics.
Since the formation of the state of Israel in 1948, the Nakba (or 'disaster' as the Palestinians call it), there have been many opportunities to move towards peace and equality between Palestine and Israel - after the Six-Day War in 1967, the Oslo Agreement and even the 7 October 2023 War. Each opportunity has been rejected by Israel, which is why life is unbearable in the West Bank now and there is genocide in Gaza. This book explores what went wrong again and again, and why. And how it could still be different. It is human nature to feel prejudice. But in this haunting meditation on Palestine and Israel, Shehadeh suggests that this does not mean the two nations cannot live together to their mutual benefit and co-existence. In graceful, devastatingly observed prose, this is a fresh reflection on the conflict in a time of great need.
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Binding: Paperback
Publication date: 06 Jun 2024
Dimensions: 178 x 111 x 111 mm
ISBN: 9781805223474
