The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction

   • Tomis Kapitan, Raja Halwani

   Pages 1-12

3. Self-Determination

   • Tomis Kapitan

   Pages 13-71

4. The Right of Return

   • Raja Halwani

   Pages 72-131

5. Terrorism

   • Tomis Kapitan

   Pages 132-197

6. The One-State Solution

   • Raja Halwani

   Pages 198-244

7. Back Matter

   Pages 245-285

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This book addresses the ongoing conflict among Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs from a philosophical perspective. The authors argue that ignoring justice and failing to address violations of rights, including the rights of both Palestinians and Israelis to live securely and freely, then a lasting solution to the conflict will remain elusive.

• argue
• philosophy
• self-determination
• terrorism

• School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA

  Raja Halwani

• Northern Illinois University, USA

  Tomis Kapitan

RAJA HALWANI is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Liberal Arts Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA. His areas of research include ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of sex and love, and philosophy of art, areas in which he published numerous articles. He is also the author of Virtuous Liaisons: Care, Love, Sex, and Virtue Ethics and the editor of Sex and Ethics: Essays on Sexuality, Virtue, and the Good Life.

TOMIS KAPITAN is a Professor of Philosophy at Northern Illinois University, USA. He has also taught at Indiana State University, Birzeit University, East Carolina University, The American University of Beirut, and Bogazici University in Istanbul. He has published articles in metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of logic, and international ethics. He is the editor of Philosophical Perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Archaeology, History, and Culture in Palestine and the Near East,(and the co-editor of The Phenomeno-Logic of the I ).

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