By revisiting a century of shared Palestinian and Jewish-Israeli history, Baruch Kimmerling uncovers unexpected influences between a stateless indigenous society and the settler-immigrants who established the state of Israel. Challenging assumptions about these seemingly irreconcilable cultures, Kimmerling presents a nuanced portrait of how one side's behaviors and characteristics have irrevocably shaped the other. He examines the clashes, tensions, and complementarities that connect Jewish, Palestinian, and Israeli identities. The exploration includes reciprocal relationships between Jewish and Arab communities in mandatory Palestine, the dynamics between state and society in Israel, patterns of militarism, jurisdiction issues in an immigrant-settler society, and Israel's ongoing struggle for legitimacy as both a Jewish and democratic state. By integrating Israeli and Jewish studies with extensive scholarship on Palestinians and the Middle East, Kimmerling offers a unique framework for analyzing the cultural, political, and material overlaps of both societies. This work is essential for anyone interested in Israel and the relationships between Jews and Arabs, providing a provocative examination of the evolving identities of Israelis and Palestinians within their complex contexts.
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Recent events have dealt the Palestinians a series of major blows that have discredited their leaders & apparently sidelined their cause in the shifting sands of Middle Eastern politics. But as the authors argue, the Palestinians may have reached a breakthrough in their long-standing impasse with Israel, as a new generation of leaders may be willing to abandon anti-Zionism. Maps Acknowledgments A Note on Transliteration Introduction Part 1 From Revolt to Revolt: The Encounter with the European World & Zionism 1 The Revolt of 1834 & the Making of Modern Palestine 2 The City: Between Nablus & Jaffa 3 Jerusalem: Notables & Nationalism 4 The Arab Revolt, 1936-39 Part 2 Dispersal 5 The Meaning of Disaster Part 3 Reconstituting the Palestinian Nation 6 The Odd Man Out: Arabs in Israel 7 Dispersal, 1948-67 8 The Feday: Rebirth & Resistance 9 Steering a Path Under Occupation A Chronological List of Major Events in Palestinian History Notes A Note on the Jacket Index