The Middle East and Palestine: Global Politics and Regional Conflict
Taking issue with the convenient views that the Middle East is an irrational and exceptional region of world politics, and that the long and bloody history of the Palestine conflict is proof, the authors combine theoretical reflection and empirical invest
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Edited by
Dietrich Jung
THE MIDDLE EAST AND PALESTINE
© Dietrich Jung Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2004 978-1-4039-6414-4 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published 2004 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-52790-8 DOI 10.1057/9781403982124
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Middle East and Palestine : global politics and regional conflict / edited by Dietrich Jung. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Middle East. 2. Palestine. 3. Arab-Israeli conflict—1993– I. Jung, Dietrich, 1959– DS44.M5235 2004 956.06—dc22
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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: September 2004 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Contents
Notes on Contributors Preface
v ix
Introduction 1 Global Conditions and Global Constraints: The International Paternity of the Palestine Conflict Dietrich Jung
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Part 1 Global Discourses and Regional Politics
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2 “Culture Blind and Culture Blinded”: Images of Middle Eastern Conflicts in International Relations Morten Valbjørn
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3 Reinterpreting History: Perceptions of Nazism in Egyptian Media Götz Nordbruch
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4 Internationalization of Anti-Islamist Discourse and Creation of a Regional Antiterrorism Mechanism: The Initiative of Mubarak’s Egypt Jeong-Min Seo
Part 2 Global Schemes and Local Realities: Transnational Islam and the Palestinian Refugee Problem 5 Official Islam, Transnational Islamic Networks, and Regional Politics: The Case of Syria Annabelle Böttcher
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C o n t e n ts
6 Religious Mobilizations in Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon: The Case of Ain al-Helweh Bernard Rougier 7 Resolving the Palestinian Refugee Problem: Edward A. Norman’s Unintended Contribution to Relevant Lessons in Perspectives, Values, and Consequences Dan Tschirgi
Epilogue
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8 September 11 and the Arab Reaction in Al-Hayat Walid Kazziha
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Index
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Notes on Contributors
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nnabelle Böttcher holds a Ph.D. in Political Science, Islamic Studies and International Law from Freiburg University (Germany). Currently Lecturer at the Institute for Islamic Studies, Free University of Berlin, she was working as a Research Officer at the French Research Center in Damascus (1993–1997), as Fellow at Harvard University (1997–1998 and 2000–2001), as Research Associa
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