Understanding the Middle East Peace Process

<p>Tracing the evolution of the Israeli academic debate over history politics and collective identity <em>Understanding the Middle East Peace Process</em> examines the Middle East peace process since Oslo and follows the discursive struggle over Israeli collective identity. </p><p>Based on interviews with key protagonists this book gives a detailed analysis of the interrelatedness of academic debate societal discourse and collective identity against the background of major political events in Israel. It charts the ascendancy and expansion of post-Zionism outlines the emergence of neo-Zionism from the political right and the re-appropriation of Zionism in light of the new political climate of peace-making.</p><p>Ghazi-Bouillon provides a new perspective on the failure of the New Historians to revolutionize Israeli intellectual life and the failure of post-Zionism to revolutionize Israeli political life whilst assessing neo-Zionism’s potential to do both.</p>