Özerdem / Ozerdem / Thiessen Conflict Transformation and the Palestinians

Dynamics of Peace and Justice under Occupation
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-21363-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 314 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution

This book is an in-depth exploration of the challenge of transforming violent conflict into just peace inside systems of oppression and external military occupation, with a focus on the conflict in Israel and its occupied territory.

The book recognizes the official and unofficial invalidation of the 1993 Oslo Peace Accord (and subsequent associated peace negotiations), and begins to explore new territory that might see the end of vicious cycles of violence, war, and oppression, and where the multi-ethno-religious inhabitants of historic Palestine might realize positive peace and some sense of harmony. Methodologically, the work confronts and critically analyses power differentials, racism, and other dominations, and attempts to expose the forces that inhibit Palestinians from shaping the decisions that affect their lives. A central feature of this stance will be the clarification of a theoretical and practical framework of conflict transformation that is effective in contexts of asymmetrical conflict and military and political oppression and occupation. Such a framework will actively move beyond ‘conflict resolution’ frameworks which prioritize the de-escalation of conflict dynamics and the diffusion of crises, but instead centralizes on deeper issues and underlying patterns which, if addressed, allows a conflict to move far beyond temporary relief and towards wider sustainable change. As such, the conflict transformation framework developed in this book drills down to root causes and embraces the escalation of (non-violent) conflict. The end goal of conflict transformation is to transform people, their violent relationships, and the culture they exist in including oppressive and violent structures.

To this end, this book focuses on the possibility of conflict transformation in a highly politicized context where official conflict resolution strategies have been exposed as wanting or as outright failures. Official conflict resolution processes (e.g. led by various U.S. envoys) and the associated externally funded civil society initiatives (e.g. dialogue initiatives; joint Jewish Israeli-Palestinian trainings and project work) are largely viewed as accompanied with a rapid expansion of Israeli settlements, and a general worsening of conditions on the ground for Palestinians living in Israel and in the occupied territory.

This book will be of much interest to students of conflict resolution, peace studies, Middle Eastern Studies, the Arab-Israeli Conflict and IR in general.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Özerdem, Alpaslan

Ozerdem, Alpaslan

Thiessen, Chuck

Qassoum, Mufid

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The theory and dynamics of conflict transformation in Israel and its occupied territory

1.The evolution of conflict transformation theory and practice in Israel and its occupied territory, Chuck Thiessen

2. The dynamics of Israeli occupation and their transformation, Mufid Qassoum

Part I: Transformational Actors in Israel and its Occupied Territory

3.Civil society and the legitimacy war to transform conflict in Palestine, Ana Sanchez

4.A critical history of the Israeli peace movement and its role in conflict transformation, Marwan Darweish

5. Humanitarian organizations and international humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territory, Aleksandra Godziejewska

6. The role of Israeli academics in the formation, deformation and transformation of the Palestinian-Zionist conflict, Zuhair Sabbagh

7. Palestinian Islamic movements and their potential role in transforming the regional conflict, Stig Jarle Hansen

8. Occupied experiences: An exploration of conflict transformation through Palestinian and Israeli artists’ lives and works, Eser Selen

9. Youth refugees and conflict transformation: Challenges and opportunities, Ibrahim Natil

10. The changing strategic priorities of the Palestinian youth movement in response to conflict: A critical appraisal, Ayman Yousef

Part II: Strategies of Conflict Transformation in Israel and its Occupied Territory

11. ‘Boycott, divestment, and sanctions’ (BDS) and the journey towards ‘one democratic state’ in Palestine, Raffaella Nanetti

12. Struggling against the occupation: Nonviolent international interventions for conflict transformation in Palestine, Mazin Qumsiyeh

13. Vision and means to purposeful change: Social capital as a transformative force for Palestinian communities, Diego Checa

14. Consumer resistance and the conflict between Jewish Israelis and the Palestinians, Aurelie Broeckerhoff

15. The language of the Israeli occupation in Palestine, Ahmad Atawneh

16. Cyber-conflict and warfare in the Israeli-Arab conflict, Khalid S. Rabaya’h

17. The return of Palestinian refugees: Rights-based approaches, Nidal Al-Azza, Manar Makhoul and Maya al-Orzza

18. Conclusion: The future of conflict transformation in Palestine, Alpaslan Ozerdem

Über Autor(innen)

Alpaslan Özerdem is Director of the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies, Coventry University. He is author or editor of ten books, including most recently, Local Ownership in International Peacebuilding (Routledge, 2014).

Chuck Thiessen is Research Fellow in Peacebuilding, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR), Coventry University.

Mufid Qassoum is Vice President for International Relations, Arab American University in Jenin.