Understanding Israel/Palestine

Race, Nation, and Human Rights in the Conflict
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-94-6300-086-4
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 451 g

Reihe: Teaching Race and Ethnicity

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the longest, ongoing hot-and-cold war of the 20th and 21st centuries. It has produced more refugees than any current conflict, generating fully one quarter of all refugees worldwide. Everyone knows that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is important itself, and is also fueling tensions throughout the Middle East. Yet most people shy away from this conflict, claiming it is “just too complicated” to understand.
This book is written for people who want a point of entry into the conversation. It offers both a historic and analytic framework. Readers, whether acting as students, parishioners, neighbors, voters, or dinner guests will find in these pages an analysis of the most commonly heard Israeli positions, and a succinct account of the Palestinian voices we seldom hear. The author argues that human rights standards have never been used as the basis on which the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should be resolved and that only these standards can produce a just and sustainable resolution.
This book will be useful for classes in Middle East studies, peace and conflict studies, Middle East history, sociology of race, and political science. It can be helpful for church groups, labor groups, or other grass roots organizations committed to social justice, and for all readers who wish to be informed about this important topic.
Here is a Youtube interview where Professor Spangler discusses the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19L_K_mFFmg

Autoren/Hrsg.

Spangler, Eve

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Affektive, soziale und ethische Ziele in der Erziehung

Über Autor(innen)

Eve Spangler is a sociologist and a human and civil rights activist. For the last decade, her work has focused on the Israel/Palestine conflict. She argues that human rights are the neglected standards that could lead to a just and sustainable solution. See more at evespangler.com.