The politics of decolonisation and bi-nationalism in Israel/Palestine
Journal article
Bashir, Bashir and Busbridge, Rachel. (2019). The politics of decolonisation and bi-nationalism in Israel/Palestine. Political Studies. 67(2), pp. 388 - 405. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032321718767029
Authors | Bashir, Bashir and Busbridge, Rachel |
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Abstract | Recent years have seen a revitalisation of decolonisation as a framework of analysis in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. This article maps changes in the meanings attached to decolonisation in the Israeli Israeli–Palestinian context, paying particular attention to the one-state paradigm. One-state proposals highlight bi-national realities in historic Palestine in order to lay out a decolonising vision grounded in equal civic rights. Many one-state advocates, however, are suspicious of a prescriptive bi-national paradigm that would afford the two national groups equal collective rights, primarily because its recognition of Jewish national self-determination is seen as entrenching, rather than decolonising, colonial relations of power. We argue that a prescriptive bi-nationalism in fact offers rich resources for a decolonising project in Israel/Palestine that seeks to establish a polity based on the principles of justice and equality – come to terms with historical injustice and imagine alternative pasts, presents and futures based on Arab–Jewish relationships. |
Keywords | decolonisation; Israel/Palestine; bi-nationalism; settler colonialism |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Political Studies |
Journal citation | 67 (2), pp. 388 - 405 |
Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. |
ISSN | 0032-3217 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0032321718767029 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85045133368 |
Page range | 388 - 405 |
Research Group | School of Arts |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8qz00/the-politics-of-decolonisation-and-bi-nationalism-in-israel-palestine
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