Palestine - Israël : La paix ou l'apartheid

by Marwan Bishara

Dans ce livre incisif, Marwan Bishara, israélo-arabe et l'un des principaux commentateurs palestiniens sur la région, explique les causes profondes et les enjeux de la " seconde Intifada ". Revenant aux accords d'Oslo en 1993, il montre comment l'asymétrie entre les Palestiniens (les occupés) et les Israéliens (les occupants) a été ignorée par ceux qui ont parrainé ces négociations, notamment les États-Unis. Et comment ce processus de transition mal conçu a contribué à la mise en place du système d'apartheid et d'occupation actuel. Contrairement à l'opinion courante et à l'optimisme de surface qui ont caractérisé l'attitude occidentale vis-à-vis du processus de paix, l'auteur montre que celui-ci était condamné à l'échec dès l'origine. Mais plutôt que de s'affliger de l'aggravation de la situation, et de la guerre menée par Sharon contre la population palestinienne, Marwan Bishara invite le lecteur à regarder en avant. Dans cette édition largement augmentée, il propose un bilan lucide des deux années ayant suivi le déclenchement de la seconde Intifada. Et examinant les enjeux démographiques, politiques et sécuritaires, il explore les voies qui permettront de parvenir à une solution juste et durable du conflit israélo-palestinien.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction, History

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Marwan Bishara (b. Nazareth) is a Palestinian journalist. A former professor of International Relations at the American University in Paris and Research Fellow at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales; currently, he works for Al Jazeera, as the senior political analyst. Marwan is a brother of Azmi Bishara (an Arab Christian politician; former member of the Israeli Knesset representing the Balad party). Bishara is an author who writes extensively on global politics, he is widely regarded as a leading authority on the Middle East and international affairs. [1]
"Growing up in Nazareth, an Arab in a Jewish state, a secular Christian in a traditional Muslim society, a leftist in a Baptist school, I learned firsthand how managing ideological, religious and national differences helps us evolve peacefully. Succumbing to them generates fundamentalism and antagonism. Applying brute force to overcome them-as Israel, my country, has done to my people, the Palestinian Arabs-fails utterly." [2]

Reviews

[Cmoney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Anything about establishing peace and finding hope for it deserves 5 stars!

[Christopher · Rating 2 out of 5]

While i do value this book as a review of the conflicts history from roughly 2000 onward, as a historical account this doesn’t add much value. Bishara acts as if he is trying to discover if Israel is an apartheid state, but starts with such preposition, and never defends it. he also very rarely is giving dates, documents, quotes, or figures that can be externally validated. mostly just a grand narrative, adding erroneous details to try and normatively load the facts to make israel seem more malicious. For example:
“Allowing the military to use M-24s and other new weapons instead of the M-16, insuring maximum casualties.”
This is phrased in a way to place an insidious thought process on the Israeli leadership, that they are intentionally trying to kill as many civilians as possible. In reality, if you are in a war, do you expect a fighting force to intentionally use worse weapons than they have access to in order to be less sure of their sides victory? and “insuring maximum casualties” as a moral flaw is ridiculous, the point of a gun, in a war, is to kill people. war is sad, death is sad, but a military using a gun in war is not an attempt to increase “maximum casualties” for the sake of killing.

[Jemma · Rating 2 out of 5]

actors during Oslo and Camp David (II) negotiations but sorely lacking alternative perspectives. This book seeks to call to account the international community for complicity and inaction during peace processes and on that subject it is thought provoking, though the utility of such an accusatory approach is questionable.