THE WALL BETWEEN : WHAT JEWS AND PALESTINIANS DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT EACH OTHER
Εκδότης OLIVE BRANCH PRESS , ISBN 9781623717193
THE WALL BETWEEN is a book about the wall that exists between Jewish
and Palestinian communities in the Diaspora. Distrust, enmity, and hate
are common currencies. They manifest at university campuses, schools
and school boards, at political events, on social media, and in academic
circles. For Jews, Israel must exist; for Palestinians, the historic injustice
being committed since 1948 must be reversed. Neither wants to know
why the Other cannot budge on these issues. The wall is up. These
responses emanate, primarily, from the two 'metanarratives' of Jews and
Palestinians: the Holocaust and the Nakba. Virtually every response to
the struggle, from a member of either community, can be traced back to
issues of identity, trauma, and victimhood as they relate to their
respective metanarrative. This book examines the role that propaganda
and disinformation play in cementing trauma-induced fears for the
purpose of making the task of humanizing and acknowledging the Other
not just difficult, but almost inconceivable. The authors utilize recent
cognitive research on the psychological and social barriers that keep Jews
and Palestinians in their camps, walled off from each other. They present
a clear way through, one that is justice-centered, rather than trauma-and
propaganda-driven. The authors have lived these principles and travelled
this journey, away from their tribal traumas, through embracing the
principles of justice. They insist that commitment to the Other means
grappling with seemingly incompatible narratives until shared values are
decided and acted upon. This book is a call to justice that challenges the
status quo of Zionism while at the same time dealing directly with the
complex histories that have created the situation today.
Περίληψη
THE WALL BETWEEN is a book about the wall that exists between Jewish
and Palestinian communities in the Diaspora. Distrust, enmity, and hate
are common currencies. They manifest at university campuses, schools
and school boards, at political events, on social media, and in academic
circles. For Jews, Israel must exist; for Palestinians, the historic injustice
being committed since 1948 must be reversed. Neither wants to know
why the Other cannot budge on these issues. The wall is up. These
responses emanate, primarily, from the two 'metanarratives' of Jews and
Palestinians: the Holocaust and the Nakba. Virtually every response to
the struggle, from a member of either community, can be traced back to
issues of identity, trauma, and victimhood as they relate to their
respective metanarrative. This book examines the role that propaganda
and disinformation play in cementing trauma-induced fears for the
purpose of making the task of humanizing and acknowledging the Other
not just difficult, but almost inconceivable. The authors utilize recent
cognitive research on the psychological and social barriers that keep Jews
and Palestinians in their camps, walled off from each other. They present
a clear way through, one that is justice-centered, rather than trauma-and
propaganda-driven. The authors have lived these principles and travelled
this journey, away from their tribal traumas, through embracing the
principles of justice. They insist that commitment to the Other means
grappling with seemingly incompatible narratives until shared values are
decided and acted upon. This book is a call to justice that challenges the
status quo of Zionism while at the same time dealing directly with the
complex histories that have created the situation today.
Πληροφορίες προϊόντος
- Συγγραφέας Wilkinson, Jeffrey,Khouri, Raja
- Eκδότης OLIVE BRANCH PRESS
- ISBN 9781623717193
- Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100083266
- Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2023
- Σελίδες 227
- Διαστάσεις
- Βάρος 500 gr