Overview
- Provides the overarching reason why the Israeli–Palestinian dispute is so resistant to resolution, and is pitched at the general, mystified, public
- Argues that the Israeli–Palestinian dispute consists of multiple conflicts, and that each of these conflicts are one of two distinct types of conflict
- Shows that until policy makers see the dispute through the prism of the territorial/existential dichotomy, future attempts at peace will be all but certain to fail
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Territorial/Existential Dichotomy
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The Oslo Peace Process
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The Post-Oslo Period
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About this book
This book explains why the Israeli–Palestinian dispute is so difficult to resolve by showing that it consists of multiple distinct conflicts. Because these tend to be conflated into a single conflict, attempts at peace have not worked. Underpinned by conflict theory, observations of those involved and analyses of polling data, the book argues that peace will not be possible until each of the dispute’s distinct conflicts are managed.
Early chapters establish a theoretical framework to explain and define the different conflicts. This framework is then applied to the history of the dispute. The actions and perceptions of Israelis and Palestinians make sense when viewed through this framework. The Oslo peace process is examined in detail to explain how and why each side’s expectations were not met. Ultimately, lessons in ways to build a future viable peace are drawn from the failures of the past.
Reviews
“Balanced and cogently argued, this important and original book should be read by anyone who wants to better understand the Palestinian–Israeli conflict and why it remains so intractable. Even when I disagree with Bren Carlill, I find his ideas compelling.” (Yossi Klein Halevi, Senior Fellow, Shalom Hartman Institute, andauthor of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor)
“Bren Carlill’s proposed “territorial/existential dichotomy” offers an innovative and at times provocative approach to the apparently intractable conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians. By applying that approach to failed negotiations of the past (notably, the Oslo Accords, beginning in 1993), Carlill demonstrates that negotiations involving “existentialist” goals on one or both sides are doomed to failure, and that even negotiated settlements between “territorialists” of good faith may not survive unless the determined efforts of “existentialists” to scuttle their progress are recognized by both sides from the beginning.” (David Mesher, Professor, San José State University, USA)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Bren Carlill has spent over 20 years professionally or academically focused on the Israeli–Palestinian dispute, including living in Israel for several years. He has also worked in Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Department of Home Affairs, where he focused on the civil and human rights conditions and the security situations of various Middle East and South Asian countries.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Challenges of Resolving the Israeli–Palestinian Dispute
Book Subtitle: An Impossible Peace?
Authors: Bren Carlill
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63185-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63184-0Published: 03 January 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63187-1Published: 04 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-63185-7Published: 02 January 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 309
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: Middle Eastern Politics, Politics and Religion, Regionalism, Conflict Studies, Peace Studies