Arabs and Jews in Israel
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David K. ShiplerÆs work, Arab and Jew, delves into the perceptions and stereotypes Arabs and Jews have of one another in Israel and Israeli-controlled regions. He examines these relationships in three dimensions: first, the forces that contribute to aversion such as war, nationalism, terrorism, and religious absolutism; second, the catalogue of images, some unique to the Arab-Jew relationship, some similar to stereotypes between other groups; third, the complexities of interaction, ranging from cultural and religious affinity to the idealistic efforts of a few Jews and Arabs to span the gap of ignorance (Shipler 13). Gideon GottliebÆs Nation Against State examines ethnic conflicts and the decline of sovereignty. He explains past failed approaches and develops instead innovative approaches for contending with brutal conflicts waged in the name of nationhood (Gottlieb ix). His ôstates-plus-nationsö approach involves status, the extension of the international system of states to allow for a system of nations too; competence, deconstructing the sovereignty of states and redistributing some of its attributes to different hands; borders, similar to urban zoning; national home distinct from state, an entity with defined geographic limits that can, but do not always, correspond to state boundaries; citizenship, adopting different layers of personal status; and forms of association, creating new unions among both nations and peoples as well as nations and states (Gottlieb
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Approximate Word count = 1049
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page)
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