Shared Land Conflicting Identity: Trajectories of Israeli and Palestinian Symbol Use (Rhetoric and Public Affairs)

418 Pages·2002·20 MB·English

by  Robert C. Rowland

SHARED LAND/
CONFLICTING IDENTITY
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SHARED LAND/
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Trajectories of Israeli and Palestinian Symbol Use
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Robert C. Rowland
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David A Frank
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Rowland, Robert C
Shared land/conflicting identity : trajectories of Israeli and Palestinian
symbol use / Robert C. Rowland and David A. Frank.
p. cm.—(Rhetoric and public affairs)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-87013-635-6 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Arab-Israeli conflict—Psychological aspects. 2. National characteristics,
Israeli—Psychological aspects. 3. National characteristics, Arab—
Psychological aspects. 4. Symbolism in politics. 5. Communication—Political
aspects—Israel. 6. Group identity—Political aspects—Israel. 7. Signs and
symbols—Israel—History—20th century. 8. Propaganda, Zionist—History—
20th century. 9. Propaganda, Arab—History—20th century. 10. Political
psychology. I. Title. II. David A. Frank.
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The authors thank Alexander Murphey of the Department of Geography at the
University of Oregon for permission to use the photographs of the Western Wall
and the Dome of the Rock on the cover.
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Dedication
In memory of Menachem Begin, Faisal Husseini, Yitzhak Rabin, and
Anwar Sadat, who turned from war to speak for peace. And to
Simon Peres and Sari Nusseibeh, who continue to sound the voice
for peace.

Acknowledgments
To Marjorie, Justin, and Michael—DF
Thanks go to Baylor debaters who listened to me hash out early versions of
the ideas in this book; to my advisees at the University of Kansas who
helped me test those ideas; and to Karlyn Campbell, Donn Parson, and
David Zarefsky for serving as teachers, mentors, and friends—RcR
The authors gratefully acknowledge permission to use portions of the
following:
David A. Frank, "The Mutability of Rhetoric: Hadair Shaft's Madrid
Speech and Vision of Palestinian-Israeli Rapprochement/' Quarterly Journal
of Speech 86 (2000): 334-53. Reprinted by permission of the National Com
munication Association.

Contents
Introduction 1
Key Exigencies in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 7
Chapter 1: THE SYMBOLIC ROOTS OF THE
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT 9
Chapter 2: A SYMBOLIC TEMPLATE FOR ANALYZING THE
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT 21
Chapter 3: THE BIRTH OF THE SYMBOLIC SYSTEMS OF
LABOR AND REVISIONIST ZIONISM 35
Chapter 4: THE SYMBOLIC CONSTRUCTION OF THE
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE 69
Chapter 5: SYMBOLIC TRAJECTORIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF LABOR AND REVISIONIST ZIONISM 97
Chapter 6 THE E S SENTIAL PALE STINIAN 117
Chapter 7 FROM CAMP DAVID TO LEBANON 133
Chapter 8 FROM THE OCCUPATION TO INTIFADA 159
Chapter 9 SYMBOLIC STAGNATION AND IDEOLOGICAL
CALCIFICATION IN ISRAEL 179
Chapter 10: PALESTINIAN SYMBOLIC TRAJECTORIES TO OSLO 207
Chapter 11: PALESTINIAN MYTH AND THE REALITY OF OSLO 223
Chapter 12: FROM SYMBOLIC STASIS TO THE
END OF REVISIONISM 241
Chapter 13: SYMBOL USE AND THE
ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT 283
Notes 307
Selected Bibliography 379
Index 399