Essential reading on Israel-Palestine’s toughest questions

JVL Introduction

In this compilation available from OR Books, Jamie Stern-Weiner has drawn together an incomparable selection of contributors to debate key questions concerning Israel-Palestine from the perspective of those committed to justice and national liberation.

AS the blurb puts it:

Amidst a growing sense that the Palestinians’ long struggle for self-determination has reached a crossroads, if not an impasse, this volume seeks to take stock, draw lessons from experience, and weigh paths forward.

The full blurb, list of contibutors and contents list are posted below.

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MOMENT OF TRUTH: Tackling Israel-Palestine’s toughest questions

518 pages • Paperback ISBN 978-1-682191-14-9 • E-book 978-1-682191-15-6

The publisher’s note:

More than a century on from the Balfour Declaration, more than 50 years since the fateful war of 1967, and a full decade into the inhuman siege of Gaza—painfully, absurdly, almost unbelievably, the Israel-Palestine conflict rolls on. Amidst a growing sense that the Palestinians’ long struggle for self-determination has reached a crossroads, if not an impasse, this volume seeks to take stock, draw lessons from experience, and weigh paths forward.

Moment of Truth seeks to clarify what it would take to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict, to assess the prospects of doing so, and to illuminate what is possible in Palestine. It assembles an unprecedented wealth of expertise—encompassing political leaders, preeminent scholars, and dedicated activists from Israel, Palestine, and abroad—in direct critical exchange on the issues at the heart of the world’s most intractable conflict. Has Israel’s settlement enterprise made a Palestinian state impossible? Can the Palestinian leadership end the occupation? Is Israel’s rule in the Palestinian territories a form of apartheid? Could the US government force Israel to withdraw? In a series of compelling, enlightening, and at times no-holds- barred debates, leading authorities tackle these and other challenges, exposing myths, challenging preconceptions, and establishing between them a more sober and informed basis for political action.

Here is the stellar list of contributors:

Musa Abuhashhash, As’ad Abukhalil, Mkhaimar Abusada, Gilbert Achcar, Ghaith al-Omari, Ghassan Andoni, Usama Antar, Nur Arafeh, Shaul Arieli, Arie Arnon, Tareq Baconi, Sam Bahour, Sari Bashi, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Suhad Bishara, Nathan J. Brown, Diana Buttu, Jan de Jong, John Dugard, Michael Dumper, Hagai El-Ad, Richard A. Falk, Norman G. Finkelstein, Neve Gordon, Ran Greenstein, Yoaz Hendel, Jamil Hilal, Khaled Hroub, Amal Jamal, Leila Khaled, Raja Khalidi, Rami G. Khouri, Lior Lehrs, Gideon Levy, Alon Liel, John J. Mearsheimer, Jessica Montell, Rami Nasrallah, Wendy Pearlman, Nicola Perugini, William B. Quandt, Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, Glen Rangwala, Glenn E. Robinson, Nadim Rouhana, Sara Roy, Bashir Saade, Robbie Sabel, Dahlia Scheindlin, Daniel Seidemann, Michael Sfard, Muhammad Shehada, Raja Shehadeh, Sammy Smooha, Mark Tessler, Nathan Thrall, Ahmed Yousef, Ido Zelkovitz.

Here is the List of Contents

Acknowledgments
Maps
Chronology

Introduction

SECTION I: PALESTINE

Part One. The West Bank

Chapter One: Can the Current Palestinian Leadership and Its Institutions End the Occupation

Chapter Two: Is Israel’s Annexation of East Jerusalem Irreversible?

Chapter Three: Have the Settlements Made a Two-State Solution Impossible?

Part Two. Gaza

Chapter Four: Can Gaza Survive

Chapter Five: Can Armed Struggle End the Siege of Gaza

Chapter Six: Can Hamas Be Part of the Solution?

Chapter Seven: Floating in an Inch of Water: A Letter from Gaza

SECTION II: STRATEGY

Chapter Eight: Lessons from the Intifadas

Chapter Nine: Is a Third Intifada Possible?

Chapter Ten: Can There Be a Resolution of the Conflict If Palestinian Citizens of Israel Are Not Involved?

Chapter Eleven: The Palestinian Economy: Development and Liberation

Chapter Twelve: Are Human Rights an Effective Weapon in the Struggle for Justice in Palestine?

Chapter Thirteen: Apartheid in South Africa and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: A Useful Comparison?

SECTION III: INTERNATIONAL

Chapter Fourteen: Palestine and the Arab Upheaval: Can Palestine Still Inspire the Arab World?

Chapter Fifteen: How to Get Israel to Withdraw: Lessons from President Jimmy Carter’s Middle East Diplomacy

Further Reading
Glossary
List of Contributors

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