Politics and Violence in Israel/Palestine

Lev Luis Grinberg is Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ben Gurion University, Israel. A political economist and sociologist, he is the founder of the Conscience Objectors movement Yesh Gvul and an advisor of Histadrut Union reforms.

• 1. Introduction. Part 1: Theoretical and Historical Background 2. The Dynamics of Political Space 3. Historical Background: The Israeli-Palestinian Imbroglio and the Road to Oslo Part 2: Peace Negotiations: Between Democratization and Decolonization 4. Peace without Borders? The 'Tactical Failure' of Oslo 5. From Gaza to Beit Lid: The Strategic Trap 6. Rabin’s Assassination: The Fall of a Charismatic Movement Part 3: The Imagined Peace: The Illusion and its Shattering 1996-2000 7. Redesigning Israeli Political Space: The Rise of Post-Conflict Agendas 8. Abandoning Oslo and Reviving National Unity Part 4: The Military Occupation of Politics 9. Repressing Intifada II: Attoning for Leaving Lebanon 10. The Unilateral Strategy: Separation Walls, Disengagement, Elections and War 11. No Paradise Now

Reviews can be found here:International Journals of Middle East Studies: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8254516Tikkun Magazine: http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/may2010yiftachelThe American Prospect: http://prospect.org/article/imagined-israel-0