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Embracing Israel/Palestine A Strategy to Heal and Transform the Middle East

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ISBN-10: 1583943072

ISBN-13: 9781583943076

Edition: 2011

Authors: Michael Lerner

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List price: $20.50
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Publication date: 11/22/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.99" wide x 8.97" long x 1.07" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Introduction
The Challenge: The Historical Roots of Trauma
The First Step: Listening to and Embracing the Other
The Next Step: A Peace Based on Compassion and Healing
The Spiritual Path to Healing
My Personal Journey
A Framework to Understand, Not a History
Peoples of the Land
The Ancient World: Liberation from Slavery
Jewish Reality: The Christian Role in Generating Hatred of Jews
Killing of Jews by Christians
Jews Take the Rap for Capitalism
Jewish Responses to Modern European Anti-Semitism
Failure of Internationalism and Anti-Semitism in the Left
Palestinian Reality: A Land With a People
Zionism Comes to the Land
Were the Zionists an Extension of Western Colonialism?
Dealing with the Colonial Powers
Clash Over the Land
Who Has a Right to the Land?
The Economic Clash
Did Palestinians Have a Right to Keep Jews Out of Their Country?
The Emergence of a Jewish State
The Holocaust
Palestinian Refugees. .. And the Conflict Continues
Struggle with the Arab States, 1949-2011
Palestinians Who Remained in Israel
Arab States and the 1967 War
Emergence of Nationalist Fundamentalists in Israel After 1967
The 1973 War and Its Aftermath
1977 and Beyond: The Triumph of the Israeli Right
The Oslo Accords And Beyond
The Settler Right Wins The Hidden Civil War in Israel
After Rabin
Camp David, the Second Intifada, Hamas, and the Palestinian Authority
The Illusion of Barak's "Generous Offer"
Ariel Sharon at the Temple Mount
The Rise of the Militarist Right: Ariel Sharon and "Bibi" Netanyahu
The Failed Road Map and the Second Iraq, War
Two Flaws in the Road Map
Withdrawal from Gaza
The Settlements: Driving a Policy of Conquest
Occupation, Blockade, and Assassinations
Criticism of Israel Is Not Anti-Semitism
Reflecting on the History: From Then Until Now
Healing the Traumas of Both People
Psychotherapy for Societal Pathology
Splitting
The Israeli Fear of Being a Freier
Socio-Cultural PTSD Explains Why Imposed Solutions Will Backfire
So How Can We Work With Societies Suffering From PTSD?
Terms of a Sustainable and Just Peace Agreement
Tikkun's Proposal foil Two States at Peace
Two States with Overlapping Electorates: An Alternative Solution
The One-State Solution
The No-State Solution
This Peace Depends on Transformed Consciousness
Strategies for Achieving Peace
Nonviolence and the Palestinian Peace Movement
Creating a Spiritually Oriented Peace and Justice Movement in Israel
Weakening AIPAC and the "Israel Lobby" in the United States
UN Recognition of Palestine
Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions Against Settlements-Not Against Israel
A Global Marshall Plan for Israel/Palestine
How the GMP Campaign Supports Middle East Peace
Embracing the Left Hand of God
Settler Judaism and Power Worship after God's "Failure"
Settler Judaism Grew to Dominate Zionism
The Spiritual Crisis within Judaism
Torah Values and the Left Hand of God
What is Meant by "Jewish State"
A New Vision of Judaism: Love-Oriented and Emancipatory
World Transformation Needs Emancipatory Islam and Christianity Too
Questions and Answers
Appendix: Resources for Peace
Index