Routledge Companion to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

This Companion explores the Israeli-Palestinian conict from its inception to the present day, demonstrating the depth and breadth of the many facets of the conict, from the historical, political, and diplomatic to the social, economic, and pedagogical aspects. The contributions also engage with notions of objectivity and bias and the difficulties this causes when studying the conict, in order to reect the diversity of views and often contentious discussion surrounding this conict. The volume is organized around six parts, reecting the core aspects of the conict: historical and scholarly context of the competing narratives contemporary evolution of the conflict and its key diplomatic junctures key issues of the conflict its local dimensions international environment of the conflict the "other images" of the conflict, as reflected in public opinion, popular culture, the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, and academia and pedagogy. Providing a comprehensive approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conict, this companion is designed for academics, researchers, and students interested in the key issues and contemporary themes of the conict.