From the River to the Sea I Mandy Turner & authors I November 2019

Book launch for 'From the River to the Sea: Palestine and Israel in the Shadow of “Peace”' and discussion chaired by Dr Toufic Haddad. Can anything new really be written about the century-old conflict over Palestine and the Oslo ‘peace process’ since 1993? This book proves that it can. By focusing in on specific communities, each of the contributors provide original analyses of how the past 25 years extended and solidified the power imbalance between Israelis and Palestinians under the auspices of ‘peace.’ But these chapters also chart the new forms of political expression, interaction, and mobilisation, as well as different coping strategies, that also developed during this time. Four of the book contributors will discuss their chapters – on Palestinian communities in East Jerusalem and Israel (Mansour Nasasra), on the economy of Occupied Palestinian Territory (Raja Khalidi), and on Israeli politics and society (Yonatan Mendel). The editor will introduce the main themes and rationale for the book, and her won chapter on international aid (Mandy Turner). About the speakers: Mandy Turner is the Director of CBRL Kenyon Institute. Mansour Nasasra is a scholar of International Relations and Middle East Politics. His research has focused on the Negev/Naqab Bedouin, their experiences under British colonialism, as well as their place in the Palestinian struggle. Yonatan Mendel is a Middle East history and politics scholar whose research focuses on the Arabic language and the place of Arabic in Israel over the last century. He also writes about Israeli politics. This lecture was hosted by CBRL Kenyon Institute in collaboration with the Educational Bookshop and Dar Al-Tifel Al-Arabi on 28 November 2019.