Transcending Nationalist Divides

Religious Reconciliation as the Basis for a One-State Solution in Israel/Palestine

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ID3894940
AutoresAndrew M Wender (University of Victoria, autor correspondente)
Ano2011
Volume20
Fascículo2
Páginas261-276
Data de publicação2011-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDigest of Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1060-4367 • E-ISSN: 1949-3606
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1949-3606.2011.00099.x
OpenAlexW1834468043
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas30

Nationalism's inability to yield peacefully coexisting forms of political identity in Israel/Palestine has persisted for more than a century. This is so whether one refers to strands of secular nationalism that composed predominating, modern historical foundations for Israeli and Palestinian political consciousness, or subsequent forms of nationalism that have become intertwined, ever more, with religion. Further, nationalism's failure to foster a way out of the Israel/Palestine impasse infects not only the familiar (but increasingly problematic) "two-state" solution but also the contested (but perhaps more productive) "one-state" solution.The one-state solution has tended to involve a secular approach, for example, the binational variety emblematized by Edward Said, or, alternatively, a nonbinary democratic state where equal citizenship is not contingent on distinct forms of identity. However, the untapped promise of the one-state solution could be better actualized with ingredients for the construction of citizenship that, in a real, spiritual sense, transcend the limiting divisions of nationalism. Specifically, shared religious roots, including the modes of reconciliation integral to the three Abrahamic traditions-Judaism, Christianity, and Islam-most directly ensnared within the Israel/Palestine bind might offer a more fruitful basis for coexistence

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