Major Knesset Debates, 1948-1981
Major Knesset Debates, 1948-1981

Author: Israel. Keneset

Publisher: Jerusalem Center for Public Af

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13:

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Fourth Knesset (1959-1961). Fifth Knesset (1961-1965). Sixth Knesset (1965-1969).

The Legality of a Jewish State
The Legality of a Jewish State

Author: John Quigley

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-12-16

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 1009020676

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In The Legality of a Jewish State, the author traces the diplomatic history that led to the partition of Palestine in 1948 and the creation of Israel as a state. He argues that the fate of Palestine was not determined on the basis of principle, but by the failure of legality. In focusing on the lawyer-diplomats who pressed for and against a Jewish state at the United Nations, he offers an explanation of the effort in 1947-48 by Arab states at the UN to gain a legal opinion from the International Court of Justice about partition and the declaration of a Jewish state. Their arguments at that time may surprise a twenty-first-century reader, touching on issues that are still at the heart of the contemporary conflict in the Middle East.

Shared Land/Conflicting Identity
Shared Land/Conflicting Identity

Author: Robert C. Rowland

Publisher: MSU Press

Published: 2002-12-31

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 0870139495

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Shared Land/Conflicting Identity: Trajectories of Israeli and Palestinian Symbol Use argues that rhetoric, ideology, and myth have played key roles in influencing the development of the 100-year conflict between first the Zionist settlers and the current Israeli people and the Palestinian residents in what is now Israel. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is usually treated as an issue of land and water. While these elements are the core of the conflict, they are heavily influenced by the symbols used by both peoples to describe, understand, and persuade each other. The authors argue that symbolic practices deeply influenced the Oslo Accords, and that the breakthrough in the peace process that led to Oslo could not have occurred without a breakthrough in communication styles. Rowland and Frank develop four crucial ideas on social development: the roles of rhetoric, ideology, and myth; the influence of symbolic factors; specific symbolic factors that played a key role in peace negotiations; and the identification and value of criteria for evaluating symbolic practices in any society.