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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813022203321

Titolo

Israeli and Palestinian narratives of conflict [[electronic resource] ] : history's double helix / / edited by Robert I. Rotberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-07305-2

0-253-11228-1

9786612073052

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Indiana series in Middle East studies

Altri autori (Persone)

RotbergRobert I

Disciplina

956.04

Soggetti

Arab-Israeli conflict - Historiography

Zionism - History

Palestinian Arabs - Ethnic identity

Textbook bias - Israel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Building legitimacy through narrative / Robert I. Rotberg -- Israeli-Jewish narratives of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: evolution, contents, functions, and consequences / Daniel Bar-Tal and Gavriel Salomon -- Forging Zionist identity prior to 1948 : against which counter-identity? / Dina Porat -- The Arab and Palestinian narratives of the 1948 war / Saleh Abdel Jawad -- Zionism's encounter with the Palestinians : the dynamics of force, fear, and extremism / Nadim N. Rouhana -- Conflicting narratives or narratives of a conflict : can the Zionist and Palestinian narratives of the 1948 War be bridged? / Mordechai Bar-On -- Narratives and myths about Arab intransigence toward Israel / Mark Tessler -- The bridging narrative concept / Ilan Pappe -- The psychology of better dialogue between two separate but interdependent narratives / Dan Bar-On and Sami Adwan -- Contesting national identity in Palestinian education / Nathan J. Brown -- The dynamics of identity construction in Israel through education in history / Eyal Naveh.

Sommario/riassunto

""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, MontrealWhy 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 ter