The Re-Emergence of the Single State Solution in Palestine/Israel
Providing the first in-depth intellectual and organizational mapping of the single state ideas recent resurgence in Palestine/Israel, this book enquires into its nature as a phenomenon of resistance, as well as into its potential as a counterhegemonic force in the making against the processes of Zionism.
Reconstructing this moment of re-emergence through primary material and interviews with diverse influential intellectuals, its analysis highlights their self-understandings, worldviews, strategies and perceptions of the phenomenon in which they are involved, while questioning whether the single state idea has the potential to become a Gramscian-inspired movement of resistance against Zionism. In presenting this rare insight into a resistance movement in the making, this book resurrects an empowering image of Antonio Gramsci infused with the writings of Edward Said. This it does in an effort to both problematize the dominant interpretations of Gramscis writings in International Relations, and to decolonize the abstract way in which resistance and counterhegemony are often studied in the discipline.
Contributing a mapping of a silenced alternative and hopeful way forward in the context of escalating violence, this book is essential reading for those studying the ArabIsraeli conflict, Middle East Politics and International Relations.
Cherine Hussein is currently a Research Fellow at the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL), and the Deputy Director of the CBRLs Kenyon Institute. She is also a Visiting Research Fellow at Sussex Universitys International Relations Department, where she received her PhD. Her research focuses on the politics of social transformation in the Middle East, with a particular interest in the writings of Antonio Gramsci and Edward Said, and the role of organic intellectuals in instigating social change.
ROUTLEDGE STUDIES ON THE ARABISRAELI CONFLICT
Series Editor: Mick Dumper, University of Exeter
The ArabIsraeli conflict continues to be the centre of academic and popular attention. This series brings together the best of the cutting edge work now being undertaken by predominantly new and young scholars. Although largely falling within the field of political science the series also includes interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary contributions.
1. International Assistance to the Palestinians after Oslo
Political Guilt, Wasted Money
Anne Le More
2. Palestinian Political Prisoners
Identity and Community
Esmail Nashif
3. Understanding the Middle East Peace Process
Israeli Academia and the Struggle for Identity
Asima A. Ghazi-Bouillon
4. Palestinian Civil Society
Foreign Donors and the Power to Promote and Exclude
Benot Challand
5. The JewishArab City
Spatio-Politics in a Mixed Community
Haim Yacobi
6. Zionist Israel and Apartheid South Africa
Civil Society and Peace Building in Ethnic-National States
Amneh Daoud Badran
7. The Political Right in Israel
Different Faces of Jewish Populism
Dani Filc
8. Reparations to Palestinian Refugees
A Comparative Perspective
Shahira Samy
9. Palestinian Refugees
Identity, Space and Place in the Levant
Edited by Are Knudsen and Sari Hanafi
10. The Rise and Fall of Arab Jerusalem
Palestinian Politics and the City since 1967
Hillel Cohen
11. Trans-Colonial Urban Space in Palestine
Politics and Development
Maha Samman
12. Zionism and Land Tenure in Mandate Palestine
Aida Asim Essaid
13. Women, Reconciliation and the IsraeliPalestinian Conflict
The Road Not Yet Taken
Giulia Daniele
14. UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees
From Relief and Works to Human Development
Edited by Sari Hanafi, Leila Hilal and Lex Takkenberg
15. The Naqab Bedouin and Colonialism
New Perspectives
Mansour Nsasra, Richard Ratcliffe, Sarab Abu Rabia-Queder and Sophie Richter-Devroe
16. IsraelPalestine in the Print News Media
Contending Discourses
Luke Peterson
17. The Re-Emergence of the Single State Solution in Palestine/Israel
Countering an Illusion
Cherine Hussein
The Re-Emergence of the Single State Solution in Palestine/Israel
Countering an Illusion
Cherine Hussein
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Hussein, Cherine.
The re-emergence of the single state solution in Palestine-Israel : countering an illusion / Cherine Hussein.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Peace. I. Title.
DS119.76.H875 2015
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For Pakinam and Hassan, a love that lights up all my skies,
For Perihane, my mirror, my strength, and so much of my laughter,
For Seif, my sweetness, my rhythm, and all the hugs in our house,
For the Cairo I forever carry in my heart,
For Egypt, may it one day reflect the life affirming beauty of its long enduring people.
Contents
The making of this book would not have been possible without the support of many wonderful people, to whom I am grateful. To those specifically acknowledged in the little space below, this writing owes a special debt, and profound wells of gratitude.
To the intellectuals and activists who participated in this research with warmth, insight and generosity, fuelled it with passion, and inspired it into becoming. Without them, the pages that follow would not exist.
To Jan Selby and Benno Teschke, for taking all of my enthusiasm for this project and guiding its chaotic process of transformation into a coherent piece of writing. To Jan for his clarity, commitment and attention to empirical detail. To Benno for many pleasurable conversations on Gramsci and the philosophy of praxis, his attention to my voice, and his unwavering eye on the big picture.
To my community of heroes at Sussex University, who were my moments of delight, my sanity and my saving grace. To Synne, Maia, Hela and Katya for saving me when I needed it most, for a beautiful friendship, and for conversations that always led me back to myself. To Ishan, Clemens, Steffan, Ole, Andrea, Francesca and Can for uplifting days and nights filled with music, laughter, and love.
