Title: The pursuit of peace and the crisis of Israeli identity : defending/defining the nation /
Authors: Waxman, Dov
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2006
Subjects: National characteristics, Israeli.; Jews Israel Identity.; Arab-Israeli conflict.; Arab-Israeli conflict; HISTORY.; Jews Identity; National characteristics, Israeli.; Politics and government; Israel Politics and government
Abstract: This book offers a theoretically-informed analysis of the way in which Israeli national identity has shaped Israel?s foreign policy. By linking domestic identity politics to Israeli foreign policy, it reveals how a crisis of Israeli identity inflamed the debate in Israel over the Oslo peace process.
Contents: The Construction of Israeli Identity: From Jews to Israelis and back Again -- Between Isolation and Integration: Foreign Policy and Israeli National Identity -- Out of the Ghetto: The Oslo -- The Crisis of Israeli Identity -- The Return of the Other -- Conclusion: Israel's Identity Crisis In Global Perspective.