Embracing Israel/Palestine: A Strategy to Heal and Transform the Middle East
448Embracing Israel/Palestine: A Strategy to Heal and Transform the Middle East
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Overview
Lerner emphasizes that this new approach to the issue requires giving primacy to love, kindness, and generosity. It calls for challenging the master narratives in both Israel and Palestine as well as the false idea that “homeland security” can be achieved through military, political, economic, or media domination. Lerner makes the case that a lasting peace must prioritize helping people on all sides (including Europe and the U.S.) and that real security is best achieved through an ethos of caring and generosity toward “the other.” As many spiritual leaders have taught, problems like these cannot be solved at the same level at which they originated—one must seek higher ground, and that becomes a central task for anyone who wants a sustainable peace. Embracing Israel/Palestine is written for those looking for positive, practical solutions to this ongoing dilemma.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781583943076 |
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Publisher: | North Atlantic Books |
Publication date: | 11/22/2011 |
Pages: | 448 |
Sales rank: | 998,078 |
Product dimensions: | 8.96(w) x 6.02(h) x 1.08(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Challenge: The Historical Roots of Trauma 1
The First Step: Listening to and Embracing the Other 2
The Next Step: A Peace Based on Compassion and Healing 6
The Spiritual Path to Healing 10
My Personal Journey 12
A Framework to Understand, Not a History 20
Chapter 1 Peoples of the Land 27
The Ancient World: Liberation from Slavery 27
Jewish Reality: The Christian Role in Generating Hatred of Jews 36
Killing of Jews by Christians 39
Jews Take the Rap for Capitalism 41
Jewish Responses to Modern European Anti-Semitism 44
Failure of Internationalism and Anti-Semitism in the Left 47
Palestinian Reality: A Land With a People 48
Chapter 2 Zionism Comes to the Land 57
Were the Zionists an Extension of Western Colonialism? 59
Dealing with the Colonial Powers 68
Clash Over the Land 72
Who Has a Right to the Land? 77
The Economic Clash 83
Did Palestinians Have a Right to Keep Jews Out of Their Country? 88
Chapter 3 The Emergence of a Jewish State 91
The Holocaust 99
Chapter 4 Palestinian Refugees. .. And the Conflict Continues 123
Struggle with the Arab States, 1949-2011 139
Palestinians Who Remained in Israel 143
Arab States and the 1967 War 148
Emergence of Nationalist Fundamentalists in Israel After 1967 152
The 1973 War and Its Aftermath 155
1977 and Beyond: The Triumph of the Israeli Right 157
Chapter 5 The Oslo Accords And Beyond 167
The Settler Right Wins The Hidden Civil War in Israel 178
After Rabin 186
Chapter 6 Camp David, the Second Intifada, Hamas, and the Palestinian Authority 195
The Illusion of Barak's "Generous Offer" 199
Ariel Sharon at the Temple Mount 200
The Rise of the Militarist Right: Ariel Sharon and "Bibi" Netanyahu 204
The Failed Road Map and the Second Iraq, War 208
Two Flaws in the Road Map 210
Withdrawal from Gaza 212
The Settlements: Driving a Policy of Conquest 234
Occupation, Blockade, and Assassinations 240
Criticism of Israel Is Not Anti-Semitism 246
Reflecting on the History: From Then Until Now 253
Chapter 7 Healing the Traumas of Both People 255
Psychotherapy for Societal Pathology 255
Splitting 265
The Israeli Fear of Being a Freier 268
Socio-Cultural PTSD Explains Why Imposed Solutions Will Backfire 271
So How Can We Work With Societies Suffering From PTSD? 276
Chapter 8 Terms of a Sustainable and Just Peace Agreement 291
Tikkun's Proposal foil Two States at Peace 292
Two States with Overlapping Electorates: An Alternative Solution 296
The One-State Solution 298
The No-State Solution 303
This Peace Depends on Transformed Consciousness 306
Chapter 9 Strategies for Achieving Peace 309
Strategy 1 Nonviolence and the Palestinian Peace Movement 311
Strategy 2 Creating a Spiritually Oriented Peace and Justice Movement in Israel 315
Strategy 3 Weakening AIPAC and the "Israel Lobby" in the United States 318
Strategy 4 UN Recognition of Palestine 323
Strategy 5 Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions Against Settlements-Not Against Israel 325
Strategy 6 A Global Marshall Plan for Israel/Palestine 330
How the GMP Campaign Supports Middle East Peace 337
Chapter 10 Embracing the Left Hand of God 345
Settler Judaism and Power Worship after God's "Failure" 355
Settler Judaism Grew to Dominate Zionism 356
The Spiritual Crisis within Judaism 360
Torah Values and the Left Hand of God 362
What is Meant by "Jewish State" 364
A New Vision of Judaism: Love-Oriented and Emancipatory 367
World Transformation Needs Emancipatory Islam and Christianity Too 372
Questions and Answers 377
Appendix: Resources for Peace 403
Index 415