Israel: Democracy or Apartheid State? - Softcover

Ruebner, Josh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566560292 ISBN 13: 9781566560290

Verlag: Olive Branch Press, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

AN INSIGHTFUL ANALYSIS OF ONE OF TODAY’S MOST PRESSING WORLD ISSUES -- 2017 marks a year of significant milestones in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One hundred years ago, the British government issued the Balfour Declaration, calling for the establishment of a Jewish National Home in Palestine. Seventy years ago, the UN recommended the partition of Palestine into two states—a Jewish State and an Arab State. The decision paved the way for the establishment of the State of Israel a year later on 78 percent of historic Palestine, amid widespread ethnic cleansing of indigenous Palestinian inhabitants. And 50 years ago, Israel militarily occupied the Palestinian West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip—an occupation which endures to this day. In light of these milestones, Josh Ruebner draws on personal anecdotes and reflections, historical documents, and legal analyses to answer one of the most pressing issues in international affairs today: is Israel a democracy or does its separate and unequal treatment of the Palestinian people render it an apartheid state? With President Donald Trump’s willingness to explore a one-state resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the question gains immediacy, as Ruebner argues that any settlement of the conflict must be based on freedom, dignity, and equality.

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Josh Ruebner is the author of Shattered Hopes: Obama’s Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace, a critically acclaimed history of the Obama administration’s last-ditch attempt to salvage the two-state resolution. He is Policy Director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, a national coalition working for freedom, justice, and equality. Ruebner is a former Analyst in Middle East Affairs for Congressional Research Service, a governmental agency providing Members of Congress with policy analyses. His writing appears frequently in The Hill, USA Today, Los Angeles Time, Detroit Free Press, Huffington Post and other publications.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Olive Branch Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1566560292
• ISBN 13: 9781566560290
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 120
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