The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict : Philosophical Essays on Self-Determination, Terrorism and the One-State Solution

This book addresses the ongoing conflict among Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs from a philosophical perspective. The authors argue that by ignoring justice and failing to address violations of rights, including the rights of Palestinians and Israelis for self-determination in historic Palestine, the rights of Palestinian refugees for repatriation, and the rights of both Palestinians and Israelis to live securely and freely, then a lasting solution to the conflict will remain elusive. - Goodreads While the conflict between Arabs and Jews over Palestine has been at the center of much historical and political discussion, philosophical treatments of the moral questions it raises are rare. When does a group of people have a right to govern a certain territory, and how are competing claims to be adjudicated? Under what conditions are people entitled to political self-determination? What rights accrue to those who have been the victims of territorial aggression? Can recourse to terrorism ever be legitimate? This book addresses these questions in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The authors conclude that neither Palestinians nor Israelis, as ethnically or culturally defined, have rights to self-determination; that refugees do have a right to return to homes and land from which they were driven; that terrorism can sometimes be justified; and that one state for both Arabs and Jews is the only moral solution to the conflict "This book addresses the ongoing conflict among Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs from a philosophical perspective. The authors argue that ignoring justice and failing to address violations of rights, including the rights of both Palestinians and Israelis to live securely and freely, entails that a lasting solution to the conflict will remain elusive."--BOOK JACKET Introduction / Tomis Kapitan And Raja Halwani -- Self-determination / Tomis Kapitan -- Right Of Return / Raja Halwani -- Terrorism / Tomis Kapitan -- The One-state Solution / Raja Halwani. Raja Halwani And Tomis Kapitan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 245-261) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Introduction....Pages 1-12 Self-Determination....Pages 13-71 The Right of Return....Pages 72-131 Terrorism....Pages 132-197 The One-State Solution....Pages 198-244 Back Matter....Pages 245-285