Palestine - Peace by Piece Transformative Conflict Resolution for La
This book draws lessons and conclusions, based on the methodology outlined in the author's previous book, Water as a Catalyst for Peace (Routledge, 2013), and further charts the course to a more practical framework for achieving regional st
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Palestine Peace by Piece Transformative Conflict Resolution for Land and Trans-boundary Water Resources
Palestine - Peace by Piece
Ahmed Abukhater
Palestine - Peace by Piece Transformative Conflict Resolution for Land and Trans-boundary Water Resources
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Ahmed Abukhater Denver, CO, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-03984-4 ISBN 978-3-030-03985-1 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03985-1
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This book is dedicated to five very special people… …my beloved parents Baha’ El-Deen and Fatima, who showed me the real meaning of unconditional love and taught me that with faith and determination you can overcome any obstacle no matter how long or difficult the journey might be … that justice will prevail no matter how long injustice endures … and that the darkness of night can only last for so long before an astounding sunrise breaks through on the horizon declaring a new day. …the departed whose footprints charted the way to victory and freedom. …my only love, you will always be in my heart. …you, the reader; your human nature and free spirit.
Preface
As I begin to write this book, I am overcome with emotions and the memories of a time never to return—growing up in Palestine, listening to my late grandmother’s bedtime stories about life before the existence of Israel in a land whose inhabitants loved it so dearly. It feels as though I have written this story a thousand times but nothing can truly explain what this really means to me as a Palestinian refugee whose family endured the horror of displacement and unimaginable persecution, the agony of forced expulsion from one
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