The Palestinian Nation Is Just as Much an Invention as the Israeli Nation
This article was originally written on 5 March 2012 and published on blog.luxzenburg.org. It is republished here as a historical document and reflects the author’s ideas at the time of writing. A well-written article about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, by an American scholar on Al Jazeera. He argues why the debate over whether a Palestinian nation exists is nonsense. The Palestinian nation is just as invented as the Israeli nation. Judging by the scholar’s name, he appears to have a Jewish background. If so, his contribution to the dialogue is all the more valuable: people who bridge the ‘camps’ — that is ultimately where peace must come from. ...