ToC: Israel Affairs, 23.2 (2017)

Israel Affairs 23.2 (2017)

Table of Contents

Articles

• The rise and decline of ‘optional control’ in the IDF / Eitan Shamir (205-230)
•  ‘Spokesman-ship is a weapon’: Israeli army news management during the October 1973 war / Giora Goodman (231-252)
• The erosion of US‒Israeli relations during Obama’s second term / Robert O. Freedman (253-272)
• A ruling party in the making: Mapai in the 1948 war / Avi Bareli (273-302)
• Politics vs. trade: a Realist view on Turkish‒Israeli economic relations / Cenap Çakmak & Murat Ustaoğlu (303-323)
• Israel is too expensive for us? Political consumerism, public policy and entrepreneurship: the case of the cottage cheese boycott / Omri Shamir (324-341)
• Banking and philanthropy in pre-state Jewish Palestine: particularist Sephardic philanthropy disguised as support for the general Zionist cause / Riki Galia (342-360)
• ‘Digital soap opera’ online radio listening patterns and the digital divide / Mira Moshe, Tal Laor & Shimon Friedkin (361-384)
• The Palestinian Authority: the dangerous transition from failing entity to failing state / Kobi Michael (385-410)
• The Holocaust paradox: Holocaust denial and its use in the Arab world / Nitza Davidovitch & Nissim Dana (411-426)
• Cultural change in a kibbutz factory as an outcome of the privatization process: an Israeli case study / Yaffa Moskovich & Yuval Achouch (427-446)

Book Reviews

• Divine service? Judaism and Israel’s armed forces (447-448)
• Crossing: Suez, 1973 (448-449)
• Eye to eye (450-451)
• Defensive Shield: An Israeli Special Forces Commander on the Front Line of Counterterrorism (451-452)

Lecture: Hirschfeld, Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, NYU Taub Center, Sep 15

The Taub Center for Israel Studies at NYU invites you to a lecture:

September 15, 2014

5:00pm

53 Washington Square South

Lessons Learned from the Israeli-Palestinian Peace-Finding Process

Professor Yair Hirschfeld, University of Haifa

      

Dr. Yair Hirschfeld will provide an insider account as to why Secretary Kerry’s Peace Initiative for the Middle East failed and discuss why a less ambitious effort would have prevented the foreseeable break-down of negotiations. Hirschfeld will argue that the definition of peace, as such, is decisive for a successful outcome. It has to be understood that “peace is not a piece of paper, or a given moment, but an ongoing process, when former enemies learn gradually to trust each other.”

Based on this basic understanding Hirschfeld will describe the causes that permitted the successful conclusion of the Oslo Accords, and the dramatic inside story, that caused later failures and set-backs. Hirschfeld will analyze the importance and problems of US mediation, of other inputs of the international community, as well as the impact of the regional powers, and particularly the ongoing struggle between radical militant Islamic state- and non-state actors, with the pragmatic pro-Western Arab states and Israel.              

RSVP via E-mail:  rsvp.taubcenter@nyu.edu

 Co-Sponsored By:

 The Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies

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New Article: Ben-Meir, Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations: The US Framework for Peace Must Be Enforced

Ben-Meir, Alon. “The Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations: The US Framework for Peace Must Be Enforced.” Mediterranean Quarterly 25.3 (2014): 40-51.

 

 

URL: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/mediterranean_quarterly/v025/25.3.ben-meir.html

 

Abstract

There are many who doubt that the current Israeli-Palestinian negotiations will lead to a solution, in spite of US secretary of state John Kerry’s efforts and the presumed commitment to peace of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. What has characterized the intractability of the conflict in the past, including the future of Jerusalem, the Palestinian refugees, Israel’s national security concerns, and, in particular, the psychological dimension behind these conflicting issues, still remain in play. That intractability has been further aggravated by a faulty framework for the 2014 negotiations, the absence of leadership, the continued public recrimination of each side toward the other, mutual distrust, and the lack of commitment to reach an agreement that of necessity requires mutually painful concessions. This essay proposes a number of mechanisms and corrective measures that could appreciably enhance the prospect of reaching a peace agreement. Undergirding these proposals is the need for the United States to put its foot down and warn both the Israelis and Palestinians that, unless they negotiate in earnest based on Kerry’s proposed framework, there will be serious consequences resulting from a reassessment of its bilateral relations with both parties.

 

ToC: Journal of Palestine Studies 43.3 (2014)

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University of California Press is happy to notify you that the new issue of Journal of Palestine Studies is now available. The online issues of this journal are hosted on JSTOR on behalf of University of California Press.

Journal of Palestine Studies Vol. 43, No. 3, Spring 2014 Published by: University of California Press on behalf of the Institute for Palestine Studies

Cover Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3 Front Matter Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3 Table of Contents Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3 FROM THE EDITOR Rashid I. Khalidi Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 5. REFLECTION A Tribute to Eyad al-Sarraj Sara Roy Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 6-8. ARTICLE Colonialism, Nationalism, and the Politics of Teaching History in Mandate Palestine Elizabeth Brownson Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 9-25. ESSAY French Intellectuals and the Palestine Question Farouk Mardam-Bey Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 26-39. COMMENTARY: THE KERRY NEGOTIATIONS Chronicles of a Death Foretold Rashid I. Khalidi Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 40-42. Behind Israel’s Demand for Recognition as a Jewish State Diana Buttu Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 42-45. The Debate about Kerry’s Economic Initiative: Pitfalls, Benefits, and Risks Raja Khalidi Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 45-49. Implications of the Kerry Framework: The Jordan Valley Samia Al-Botmeh Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 49-51. It’s Not Over until It’s Over Mouin Rabbani Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 51-55. SPECIAL DOCUMENT FILE Academic Boycott of Israel: The American Studies Association Endorsement and Backlash Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 56-71. RECENT BOOKS Recent Book: The Idea of Israel: A History of Power and Knowledge The Idea of Israel: A History of Power and Knowledge by by Ilan Pappé Review by: Gilbert Achcar Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 72-74. Recent Book: Communism and Zionism in Palestine during the British Mandate Communism and Zionism in Palestine During the British Mandate by by Jacob Hen-Tov; Isaiah Friedman Review by: Shira Robinson Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 74-75. Recent Book: Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel by by Max Blumenthal Review by: Steven Salaita Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 76-77. Recent Book: Jil Oslo: Palestinian Hip Hop, Youth Culture and the Youth Movement Jil Oslo: Palestinian Hip Hop, Youth Culture and the Youth Movement by by Sunaina Maira Review by: Loubna Qutami Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 77-80. Recent Book: Land of Progress: Palestine in the Age of Colonial Development, 1905-1948 Land of Progress: Palestine in the Age of Colonial Development, 1905-1948 by by Jacob Norris Review by: Max Ajl Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 80-81. Recent Book: Back Stories: U.S. News Production and Palestinian Politics Back Stories: U.S. News Production and Palestinian Politics by by Amahl Bishara Review by: Mike Berry Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 82-83. SELECTIONS FROM THE PRESS Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 84-103. PHOTOS FROM THE QUARTER Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 104-109. PALESTINE UNBOUND Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 110-117. UPDATE ON CONFLICT AND DIPLOMACY Ben White Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 118-139. CONGRESSIONAL MONITOR Paul Karolyi Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 140-185. DOCUMENTS AND SOURCE MATERIAL Journal of Palestine Studies Spring 2014, Vol. 43, No. 3: 186-208.