| Seeking Mandela: Peacemaking Between Israelis and Palestinians Contributor(s): Adam, Heribert (Author), Moodley, Kogila (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1592133967 ISBN-13: 9781592133963 Publisher: Temple University Press OUR PRICE: $29.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Peace - Political Science | International Relations - General - History | Middle East - General |
| Dewey: 956.053 |
| LCCN: 2004062129 |
| Series: Politics, History, and Social Change |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.06" W x 8.98" (0.76 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Cultural Region - Southern Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The ongoing violence, despair and paralysis in Israel/Palestine resembles a similar gloomy mood in South Africa during the late 1980s. Analogies with the South African case are increasingly applied to Israel/Palestine for two different purposes: to showcase South Africa as an inspiring model for a negotiated settlement and to label Israel a colonial settler state that should be confronted with similar strategies (sanctions, boycott) as applied against the apartheid regime. Both assumptions are problematic, because of the different historical and socio-political contexts. Peacemaking resulted in an inclusive democracy in South Africa, while territorial separation in two states is widely hailed as the solution in Israel/Palestine. However, a viable Palestinian state is undermined by Jewish settler expansionism and separation barriers on occupied land. |