"This book is one of the first edited volumes on the current Israel/Palestine conflict—the Gaza Nakba 2023–24. It contains contributions from both young post-doctoral researchers and more seasoned scholars from Japan. These authors, with their rich experience of field work in the region and the...

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Other Authors:	Suzuki, Hiroyuki (Editor), Sakai, Keiko 1959- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	German
Published:	Singapore, Singapore Springer 2024
Series:	Evidence-based approaches to peace and conflict studies volume 16
Subjects:	Terrorism and Political Violence Middle Eastern Politics History of the Middle East Imperialism and Colonialism Peace and Conflict Studies International Relations Terrorism Political violence Middle East / Politics and government Middle East / History Imperialism Peace International relations Terrorangriff der Hamas auf Israel 2023 Krieg in Israel und Gaza > 2023-
Summary:	"This book is one of the first edited volumes on the current Israel/Palestine conflict—the Gaza Nakba 2023–24. It contains contributions from both young post-doctoral researchers and more seasoned scholars from Japan. These authors, with their rich experience of field work in the region and their interdisciplinary approaches, are able to provide critical analyses on the current breakdown of humanitarian norms, the dysfunctional state of international organizations, and the breakdown of conflict management and peace-building. The unique viewpoints of Japanese scholars are shared regarding their understanding of the critical developments in Gaza since October 7, 2023. Further, these chapters analyze the background of the conflict, focusing on popular sentiments, national identity, and historical memory in Israel/Palestine, and the importance of space and land as national and cultural symbols, using rich and updated written and visualdata from the region. This work significantly challenges prevailing arguments, as it avoids stereotyped understandings of the persistence of religious and ethnic hatred, the proxy relationships of global powers (e.g., USA) and regional ones (Iran), and regional rivalries over geopolitical and economic interests in the Middle East. Such arguments as these provide no more than a quick divide-and-rule type of solution, encouraging merely superficial diplomatic coordination among the major global powers rather than a real solution. Alternatively, this book provides a new framework for understanding the structure of the conflict, making way for solving the problem from the popular level, and delving deeply into reconsideration of the durability or non-durability of the state system in the Middle East and a Western originated liberal international order and norm in general. The book also discloses the severe reality that human rights in the Global South are often neglected. [...]"
Physical Description:	xxi, 242 Seiten Diagramme, Karte
ISBN:	9789819748679