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Abstract
Where Now for Palestine? marks a turning point for the Middle East. Since 2000, the attacks of 9/11, the death of Arafat and the elections of Hamas and Kadima have meant that the Israel/Palestine 'two-state solution' now seems illusory.
This collection critically revisits the concept of the 'two-state solution' and maps the effects of local and global political changes on both Palestinian people and politics. The authors discuss the changing face of Fateh, Israeli perceptions of Palestine, and the influence of the Palestinian diaspora. The book also analyzes the environmental destruction of Gaza and the West bank, the economic viability of a Palestinian state and the impact of US foreign policy in the region. This authoritative and up-to-date guide to the impasse facing the region is required reading for anyone wishing to understand a conflict entrenched at the heart of global politics.
Jamil Hilal is an independent sociologist affiliated to Bir Zeit University and is an associate researcher at Muwatin, the Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy.
'A significant development in the debate over the possibility of a "one state" solution to the "Palestinian problem"...marks an important shift in thinking on the Palestinian issue. It is an important resource for all those struggling for genuine liberation for the Palestinians.'
International Socialism
'Thorough and compelling, this book contains eleven illuminating essays with razor sharp analysis on the current state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the demise of the two-state solution.'
Miko Peled, The Electronic Intifada
'A welcome start that might spur others to take on a pressing question.' - Journal of Palestine Studies
'With its thoroughly researched and informative chapters, this authoritative and up-to-date guide to the impasse facing the region is required reading for anyone wishing to understand a conflict entrenched in the heart of global politics.'
The Muslim World Book Review
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| Tables and figures | vi | ||
| Acknowledgements | vii | ||
| Contributors | viii | ||
| 1 | Palestine: the last colonial issue: Jamil Hilal | 1 | ||
| The Palestinian national movement: from a one-state to a two-state solution | 3 | ||
| The transformation of the Palestinian national movement | 6 | ||
| Israel’s failure to fashion a client Palestinian entity explains its unilateralism | 9 | ||
| ‘Disengagement’ and ‘conversion’ as apartheid | 11 | ||
| Barring Palestinian statehood, and banning bi-nationalism | 13 | ||
| Imagining a future | 15 | ||
| The withering Palestinian Authority | 16 | ||
| Where now for Palestine? | 17 | ||
| A warning and a hope | 21 | ||
| Notes | 23 | ||
| References | 27 | ||
| 2 | Zionism and the two-state solution: Ilan Pappé | 30 | ||
| Palestine in the late Ottoman rule | 32 | ||
| One Palestine complete | 33 | ||
| The partitioning of Palestine, 1947-67 | 36 | ||
| The two-state formula and its demise, 1967-2000 | 38 | ||
| Emptying Palestinian statehood of meaning | 42 | ||
| Buds of new thought: contemporary support for the one state | 43 | ||
| Notes | 46 | ||
| 3 | Israel and the ‘danger of demography’: As'ad Ghanem | 48 | ||
| The politics of fear: the ‘demographic danger’ vs. the ‘bi-national’ reality | 49 | ||
| Israel’s strategy on the ‘demographic danger’ and the ‘bi-national’ reality | 53 | ||
| Basic components of the Israeli ‘post-Oslo’ posture | 56 | ||
| Support for the bi-national solution among the Jewish left | 65 | ||
| The Palestinians in Israel and the ‘bi-nationality’ demand | 68 | ||
| Conclusion | 71 | ||
| Bibliography | 73 | ||
| 4 | The paradox of Palestinian self-determination: Nils Butenschøn | 75 | ||
| The ongoing relevance of the question of Palestinian self-determination | 76 | ||
| The principle of self-determination and the issue of ‘dual commitment’ in Palestine | 77 | ||
| A contemporary legal perspective: the International Court of Justice | 80 | ||
| The historic implications of the Oslo Accords | 85 | ||
| Can self-government be transformed into substantive state sovereignty? | 87 | ||
| Conclusion | 90 | ||
| Postscript | 91 | ||
| Notes | 94 | ||
| 5 | The Bush administration and the two-state solution: Husam A. Mohamad | 99 | ||
| US policy towards Israel and the Palestinians | 101 | ||
| The US and Israel: the special relationship | 102 | ||
| Deconstructing Bush’s two-states ‘vision’ | 105 | ||
| Democracy in the region as a necessary condition for Palestinian statehood | 106 | ||
| The Quartet’s Road Map formula | 108 | ||
| Vision vs. reality in the two-state solution | 111 | ||
| Reactions to Hamas’s victory | 112 | ||
| The widening gap between Bush’s ‘vision’ and the reality on the ground | 114 | ||
| Notes | 118 | ||
| 6 | The economics of an independent Palestine: Sufyan Alissa | 123 | ||
| Israeli policies towards the WBGS economy | 124 | ||
| Closure policies | 126 | ||
| Building settlements, bypasses, and the separation wall, and control over natural resources | 127 | ||
| The establishment of the PA and its role in the economic development of the WBGS | 130 | ||
| The nature, structure and capacity of the PA | 131 | ||
| Palestinian development plans | 133 | ||
| The PA approach in managing the WBGS economy | 134 | ||
| Public sector performance | 136 | ||
| The Role of International Aid | 138 | ||
| Conclusion | 140 | ||
| Notes | 140 | ||
| References | 142 | ||
| 7 | The transformation of the Palestinian environment: Jad Isaac and Owen Powell | 144 | ||
| Introduction | 144 | ||
| The transformation and status of the Palestinian environment | 145 | ||
| Requirements for viability | 158 | ||
| Discussion | 160 | ||
| Conclusion | 163 | ||
| Note | 164 | ||
| References | 164 | ||
| 8 | Hamas: from opposition to rule: Ziad Abu-Amr | 167 | ||
| The making of a mass movement | 167 | ||
| Making the transition: taking part in elections | 171 | ||
| Hamas in power: prospects and challenges | 175 | ||
| Hamas: the challenges from without | 175 | ||
| Hamas’s dilemma | 177 | ||
| Hamas: the challenge from within | 178 | ||
| The internal tension of a presidential-parliamentary system | 180 | ||
| Hamas and the Islamic one-state vision | 181 | ||
| Notes | 186 | ||
| 9 | Hamas and Palestinian statehood: Are Knudsen and Basem Ezbidi | 188 | ||
| Introduction | 188 | ||
| Election victory | 189 | ||
| Factors leading to Hamas’s electoral victory | 190 | ||
| Economic collapse | 191 | ||
| Reforming the Palestinian Authority | 193 | ||
| Hamas versus the PLO? | 193 | ||
| Israeli unilateralism | 195 | ||
| A Palestinian state with ‘Provisional Borders’ | 196 | ||
| Israel versus Hamas | 197 | ||
| Tactical ceasefires? | 198 | ||
| Bargaining for a negotiated peace | 199 | ||
| Hamas, the internal challenge | 202 | ||
| Conclusion | 204 | ||
| Notes | 206 | ||
| References | 208 | ||
| 10 | Searching for a solution: Sharif S. Elmusa | 211 | ||
| Introduction | 211 | ||
| The end of a Palestinian state | 213 | ||
| Stubborn demography | 214 | ||
| Alternatives | 217 | ||
| Conclusion | 229 | ||
| Notes | 229 | ||
| References | 230 | ||
| 11 | Justice a-s the way forward: Karma Nabulsi | 233 | ||
| Background to political fragmentation | 235 | ||
| The PLO, the PNA, and the Palestinian refugees and exiles | 237 | ||
| The impact of the Oslo Process on Palestinian refugees and exiles | 242 | ||
| The development of civil society inside the West Bank and Gaza Strip excluded the Palestinians | 244 | ||
| The shape of political and civic society outside the West Bank and Gaza | 244 | ||
| Articulating a unifying mechanism to achieve a common platform on a one-state or two-state solution | 248 | ||
| Notes | 251 | ||
| Index | 253 |