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Israeli and Palestinian narratives of conflict : history's double helix / edited by Robert I. Rotberg.

Contributor(s): Rotberg, Robert I
Material type: TextTextSeries: Indiana series in Middle East studies: Publisher: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: viii, 283 pages : map ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0253218578 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780253218575 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Arab-Israeli conflict -- Historiography -- Congresses | Zionism -- History -- Congresses | Palestinian Arabs -- Ethnic identity -- Congresses | Textbook bias -- Israel -- CongressesDDC classification: 956.04 LOC classification: DS119.7 | .I82689 2006Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Building legitimacy through narrative / Robert I. Rotberg -- Israeli-Jewish narratives of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict : evolution, contents, functions, and consequences / Daniel Bar-Tal and Gavriel Salomon -- Forging Zionist identity prior to 1948 : against which counter-identity? / Dina Porat -- The Arab and Palestinian narratives of the 1948 war / Saleh Abdel Jawad -- Zionism's encounter with the Palestinians : the dynamics of force, fear, and extremism / Nadim N. Rouhana -- Conflicting narratives or narratives of a conflict : can the Zionist and Palestinian narratives of the 1948 War be bridged? / Mordechai Bar-On -- Narratives and myths about Arab intransigence toward Israel / Mark Tessler -- The bridging narrative concept / Ilan Pappe -- The psychology of better dialogue between two separate but interdependent narratives / Dan Bar-On and Sami Adwan -- Contesting national identity in Palestinian education / Nathan J. Brown -- The dynamics of identity construction in Israel through education in history / Eyal Naveh.

Essays originated from two seminars held at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, in 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Building legitimacy through narrative / Robert I. Rotberg -- Israeli-Jewish narratives of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict : evolution, contents, functions, and consequences / Daniel Bar-Tal and Gavriel Salomon -- Forging Zionist identity prior to 1948 : against which counter-identity? / Dina Porat -- The Arab and Palestinian narratives of the 1948 war / Saleh Abdel Jawad -- Zionism's encounter with the Palestinians : the dynamics of force, fear, and extremism / Nadim N. Rouhana -- Conflicting narratives or narratives of a conflict : can the Zionist and Palestinian narratives of the 1948 War be bridged? / Mordechai Bar-On -- Narratives and myths about Arab intransigence toward Israel / Mark Tessler -- The bridging narrative concept / Ilan Pappe -- The psychology of better dialogue between two separate but interdependent narratives / Dan Bar-On and Sami Adwan -- Contesting national identity in Palestinian education / Nathan J. Brown -- The dynamics of identity construction in Israel through education in history / Eyal Naveh.

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