Healing Israel/Palestine
Author: Michael Lerner
Publisher: Inst for Labor & Mental Health
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780935933994
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Michael Lerner
Publisher: Inst for Labor & Mental Health
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780935933994
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Yehezkel Landau
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 58
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Foreword / David Smock -- Introduction -- Religion : a blessing or a curse? -- After the collapse of Oslo -- The Alexandria Summit and its aftermath -- Grassroots interreligious dialogues -- Educating the educators -- Other Muslim voices for interreligious peacebuilding -- Symbolic ritual as a mode of peacemaking -- Active solidarity : rabbis for human rights -- From personal grief to collective compassion -- Journeys of personal transformation -- Practical recommendations -- Appendices.
Author: Michael Lerner
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781556434846
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The author of The Politics of Meaning offers his unique solution to the crisis in the Middle East, covering the history of the region while discussing the philosophical and political issues that surround any search for peace and justice in the region. Original.
Author: Michael Lerner
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2011-11-22
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 1583943382
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A major modern conundrum is how the Arab/Israel conflict remains unresolved and, seemingly, unresolvable. In this inspirational book, Rabbi Michael Lerner suggests that a change in consciousness is crucial. With clarity and honesty, he examines how the mutual demonization and discounting of each sides’ legitimate needs drive the debate, and he points to new ways of thinking that can lead to a solution. Lerner emphasizes that this new approach to the issue requires giving primacy to love, kindness, and generosity. It calls for challenging the master narratives in both Israel and Palestine as well as the false idea that “homeland security” can be achieved through military, political, economic, or media domination. Lerner makes the case that a lasting peace must prioritize helping people on all sides (including Europe and the U.S.) and that real security is best achieved through an ethos of caring and generosity toward “the other.” As many spiritual leaders have taught, problems like these cannot be solved at the same level at which they originated—one must seek higher ground, and that becomes a central task for anyone who wants a sustainable peace. Embracing Israel/Palestine is written for those looking for positive, practical solutions to this ongoing dilemma.
Author: Sandra M. Sufian
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008-11-15
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 0226779386
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A novel inquiry into the sociopolitical dimensions of public medicine, Healing the Land and the Nation traces the relationships between disease, hygiene, politics, geography, and nationalism in British Mandatory Palestine between the world wars. Taking up the case of malaria control in Jewish-held lands, Sandra Sufian illustrates how efforts to thwart the disease were intimately tied to the project of Zionist nation-building, especially the movement’s efforts to repurpose and improve its lands. The project of eradicating malaria also took on a metaphorical dimension—erasing anti-Semitic stereotypes of the “parasitic” Diaspora Jew and creating strong, healthy Jews in Palestine. Sufian shows that, in reclaiming the land and the health of its people in Palestine, Zionists expressed key ideological and political elements of their nation-building project. Taking its title from a Jewish public health mantra, Healing the Land and the Nation situates antimalarial medicine and politics within larger colonial histories. By analyzing the science alongside the politics of Jewish settlement, Sufian addresses contested questions of social organization and the effects of land reclamation upon the indigenous Palestinian population in a decidedly innovative way. The book will be of great interest to scholars of the Middle East, Jewish studies, and environmental history, as well as to those studying colonialism, nationalism, and public health and medicine.
Author: Mark O'Doherty
Publisher:
Published: 2021-05-05
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781667116808
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →As the death toll from the most serious conflict between Israel and Palestine for nine years mounts, international leaders are calling for restraint amid fears of a full-scale war. Gaza's death toll has risen 53, including 14 children, according to the health ministry. More than 300 people have been wounded. Six Israeli civilians, including two children have been killed by rocket fire and dozens wounded. Towns in Israel with mixed Jewish and Arab populations have also experienced violent clashes. In the UK, PM Boris Johnson said: "The UK is deeply concerned by the growing violence and civilian casualties and we want to see an urgent de-escalation of tensions." In parliament, the Foreign Office minister James Cleverly said Israel had an absolute legitimate right of self-defence but its actions must be proportionate, cautious and dedicated to avoiding civilian casualties. Urging an end to the cycle of violence and any kind of provocation, he described Hamas attacks on Israel as "acts of terrorism", adding "they must permanently end their incitement and rocket fire against Israel". The UK government was in contact with both Israeli and Palestinian ministers in an attempt to calm the crisis, he said. The MP Richard Graham said the Israeli military had "effectively attacked the al-Aqsa mosque, the centre of Islamic worship in Jerusalem for hundreds of years". Although the Hamas attacks were unacceptable, "a major cause of the increased discontent was the number of illegal convictions from East Jerusalem", he said. Tor Wennesland, the UN's Middle East envoy, said leaders on all sides must "take the responsibility of de-escalation". Before briefing the 15 members of the UN security council on the crisis, Tor Wennesland warned: "The cost of war in Gaza is devastating and is being paid by ordinary people. Stop the fire immediately. We're escalating towards a full-scale war." "Right now, it's critical that the Biden administration engage proactively in securing an immediate ceasefire and pushing all sides to de-escalate," the liberal Jewish American lobby, J Street, said in a statement. Therefore it is imperative that US President Joe Biden and the International Community engage proactively in securing an immediate ceasefire and push all sides to de-escalate; so that rule of law, stability and peace can be restored in the region. Otherwise an intervention from the NGO Community will be necessary, to avoid a power vacuum and a potential civil war in Israel-Palestine.
Author: Dr. Mark O'Doherty
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2017-10-28
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 1387328018
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →MI5 operates a partially secret policy that allows agents to participate in serious crimes, a security tribunal has heard. In a challenge to the intelligence service's handling of agents, lawyers for a coalition of human rights groups have questioned the legality and extent of the powers. Some elements of what is known as "the third direction" - guidelines permitting agents to become involved in criminal conduct - have been published. Crucial details specifying whether there are limits on such criminal activity, however, remain secret... The author's opinion: I think we should do everything in our power to make sure that human rights are no longer infringed upon, and to convince the British, American, Russian, Israeli and Iranian Intelligence agencies - and all other Intelligence Agencies in the world - to get those rogue factions from the International Intelligence Community in line, so that human rights can fully be upheld - and that all intelligence agencies in the world finally make peace with each other.
Author: Mark Braverman
Publisher: Jericho Books
Published: 2013-11-05
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1455574198
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Violence in Israel and Palestine has become the norm. Do we even understand this conflict? Do we know where it comes from? Why can't the two sides reach agreement? Can Jews and Palestinians find a way to coexist? An American Jew, Mark Braverman thought he understood the reasons for Israel's existence. But when he visited the region and began to understand the forces that are fueling and perpetuating the conflict, he realized just how far we are from achieving peace. From the bustling communities on either side of the Jerusalem barrier, to the historical lessons of the Nazi Holocaust and South African apartheid, to the foremost voices in theology and conflict resolution today, Braverman answers the questions above and offers a course of action both at home and abroad to realize peace.
Author: Richard Forer
Publisher: Danforth Book Dist
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780615404585
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Esther Farmer
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2021-10-23
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1583679308
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"A Land With A People began as a storytelling project of Jewish Voice for Peace-New York City and subsequently transformed into a theater project performed throughout the New York City area. A Land With A People elevates rarely heard Palestinian and Jewish voices and visions. It brings us the narratives of secular, Muslim, Christian, and LGBTQ Palestinians who endure the particular brand of settler colonialism known as Zionism. It relays the transformational journeys of Ashkenazi, Mizrahi, Palestinian and LGBTQ Jews who have come to reject the received Zionist narrative. Unflinching in their confrontation of the power dynamics that underlie their transformation process, these writers find the courage to face what has happened to historic Palestine, and to their own families as a result. Stories touch hearts, open minds, and transform our understanding of the "other"-as well as comprehension of our own roles and responsibilities. A Land With a People emerges from this reckoning. Contextualized by a detailed historical introduction and timeline charting 150 years of Palestinian and Jewish resistance to Zionism, this collection will stir emotions, provoke fresh thinking, and point to a more hopeful, loving future-one in which Palestine/Israel is seen for what it is in its entirety, as well as for what it can be"--