The Failure of the Two-State Solution

Informationen zum Autor Hani Faris is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Political Science at The University of British Columbia. He has written extensively on Arab nationalism, the Middle East in world politics, Zionism, Lebanese politics, the history of the Palestinian issue and Third World development. Klappentext Diplomats! politicians and activists alike have long laboured under the assumption that a two-state solution is the only path to peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But as this goal has not come to fruition! and the ever-elusive scepter of peace slips further from reach! violence and instability deepen. Zusammenfassung Diplomats, politicians and activists alike have long laboured under the assumption that a two-state solution is the only path to peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But as this goal has not come to fruition, and the ever-elusive scepter of peace slips further from reach, violence and instability deepen. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Delimiting the One State Idea (Hani Faris) PART I: Is the Two State Settlement Feasible? 2: The Deeper Politics of Jewish Settlements (Virginia Tilley) 3: A Radicalized Space: Social Engineering in Jerusalem (Saree Makdisi) 4: Building a Palestinian State under Occupation: Reassessing the Oslo Process (Husam Zomlot) 5: Is the Two State Solution Still Viable? An Overall Assessment of the Present Situation (Naseer Aruri) 6: Israel's War on Gaza: Zionism's Pyrrhic Victory? (Nancy Murray) PART II: Ideologies and the Idea of a Historic Settlement 7: Deconstructing the Zionist Settler Narrative and Constructing an Alternative (Gabriel Piterberg) 8: In the Golden Age of Constantinian Judaism - The Future of the Indigenous Jewish Prophetic: Israel, Ethnic Particularism and Universalist Values (Marc Ellis) 9: Challenging the Consensus Favouring the Two-State Model (Ali Abunimah) 10: A Blueprint for a One-State Movement: A Troubled History (Ilan Pappe) PART III: Practicalities in the Search for a Resolution of the Conflict 11: The Rights of Palestinian Refugees and Territorial Solutions in Historic Palestine (Susan Akram) 12: The Geographic and Demographic Imperatives of a Single State (Salman Abu Sitta) 13: Mizrahi Feminism and the Question of Palestine: Two States or One? (Smadar Lavie) PART IV: Mobilisng for a Solution 14: Mobilising Palestinians in Support of One State (George Bisharat) 15: Mobilising Israel and the World Jewry for the One-State Solution (Norton Mezvinsky) 16: Palestinians in Israel and Binationalism: Escape from the Impasse (As'ad Ghanem) 17: Reversing Defeat Through Non-violent Power (Nadia Hijab) 18: Building Movements for the One-State Solution in Palestine and the Arab World (Leila Farsakh) 19: Awakening the American Conscience about Israel/Palestine (Joel Kovel) 20: Building an International Movement to Promote the One-State Solution (Ghada Karmi) Appendix Select Bibliography Index ...

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Hani Faris is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Political Science at The University of British Columbia. He has written extensively on Arab nationalism, the Middle East in world politics, Zionism, Lebanese politics, the history of the Palestinian issue and Third World development.

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Diplomats, politicians and activists alike have long laboured under the assumption that a two-state solution is the only path to peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But as this goal has not come to fruition, and the ever-elusive scepter of peace slips further from reach, violence and instability deepen.

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1: Delimiting the One State Idea (Hani Faris)

PART I: Is the Two State Settlement Feasible?
2: The Deeper Politics of Jewish Settlements (Virginia Tilley)
3: A Radicalized Space: Social Engineering in Jerusalem (Saree Makdisi)
4: Building a Palestinian State under Occupation: Reassessing the Oslo Process (Husam Zomlot)
5: Is the Two State Solution Still Viable? An Overall Assessment of the Present Situation (Naseer Aruri)
6: Israel's War on Gaza: Zionism's Pyrrhic Victory? (Nancy Murray)

PART II: Ideologies and the Idea of a Historic Settlement
7: Deconstructing the Zionist Settler Narrative and Constructing an Alternative (Gabriel Piterberg)
8: In the Golden Age of Constantinian Judaism - The Future of the Indigenous Jewish Prophetic: Israel, Ethnic Particularism and Universalist Values (Marc Ellis)
9: Challenging the Consensus Favouring the Two-State Model (Ali Abunimah)
10: A Blueprint for a One-State Movement: A Troubled History (Ilan Pappe)

PART III: Practicalities in the Search for a Resolution of the Conflict
11: The Rights of Palestinian Refugees and Territorial Solutions in Historic Palestine (Susan Akram)
12: The Geographic and Demographic Imperatives of a Single State (Salman Abu Sitta)
13: Mizrahi Feminism and the Question of Palestine: Two States or One? (Smadar Lavie)

PART IV: Mobilisng for a Solution
14: Mobilising Palestinians in Support of One State (George Bisharat)
15: Mobilising Israel and the World Jewry for the One-State Solution (Norton Mezvinsky)
16: Palestinians in Israel and Binationalism: Escape from the Impasse (As'ad Ghanem)
17: Reversing Defeat Through Non-violent Power (Nadia Hijab)
18: Building Movements for the One-State Solution in Palestine and the Arab World (Leila Farsakh)
19: Awakening the American Conscience about Israel/Palestine (Joel Kovel)
20: Building an International Movement to Promote the One-State Solution (Ghada Karmi)

Appendix
Select Bibliography
Index