Israel and South Africa : the many faces of Apartheid /: the many faces of Apartheid. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ilan Pappé.
• Editors: Pappé, Ilan
• Contents: Front Cover -- About the Editor -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- Introduction: The Many Faces of Apartheid -- Part 1: Historical Roots -- 1. Birds of a Feather: Israel and Apartheid South Africa -- Colonialism of a Special Type -- Notes -- 2. The Many Faces of European Colonialism: The Templers, the Basel Mission and the Zionist Movement -- Methodology -- The 'Peaceful Crusade' and Its Impact -- The Basel Mission -- The Historical Context -- Discursive and Symbolic Practices -- The Favoured Stepchildren of the Mother Country -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3. Apartheid and the Question of Origin -- Introduction -- The Skewed Legal and Constitutional Framing of the Question of Apartheid -- Israel's Apartheid and the Façade of Democracy -- Denial and the Question of Moral Repugnancy -- Rationalising Apartheid: Israel's 'Right to Exist' -- Zionism and Jewish Myth -- Jewish Reactions to Zionism: Common Existential Shackles -- Not Quite Walking the Extra Mile: Israel's Apartheid and the Complicity of 'Jewish' Left-Wing Anti-Zionism -- By Way of Conclusion -- Notes -- Part 2: The Boundaries of Comparison -- 4. 'Visible Equality' as Confidence Trick Jonathan Cook -- Degraded Citizenship -- Lack of Constitutional Protection -- Denial of Political Participation -- Land, Planning and Segregation -- Separate Education Systems -- A Jewish Economy -- Crushing Resistance -- Demography and Ethnic Cleansing -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5. Apartheid, Israel and Palestinian Statehood -- Introduction -- Apartheid and Bantustans -- Israel's 'Creeping Apartheid' -- Palestinian Bantustans: Oslo and Palestinian Self-Determination -- Conclusion: The War on Gaza and Its Aftermath -- Notes -- Part 3: Nuanced Comparisons -- 6. Femicide in Apartheid: The Parallel Interplay between Racism and Sexism in South Africa and Palestine-Israel. 'Witch' Burnings -- 'Honour' Murders -- The Demographic War -- Solidarity within the Racial Elite -- Divide and Rule -- What to Do with All That Aggression -- Cultural Identity and Femicide -- Femicide as a Consequence of De-Secularisation in Apartheid Societies -- How to End Femicide in South Africa -- How to End Femicide in Palestine and Israel -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 7. The Many Faces of Protest: A Comparative Analysis of Protest Groups in Israel and South Africa -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Politics and Roles of White South African Protest Groups and Individual Activism -- The Politics and Roles of Israeli (Jewish) Protest Groups and Individual Activism -- Conclusion: The Similarities and Differences between the Two Protest Cases -- Notes -- Part 4: Future Models and Perspectives -- 8. The Inevitable Impossible: South African Experience and a Single State -- Elite Parallels: Afrikaner Nationalism and Zionism -- The Unworkable Dream -- Lessons for the Middle East -- An Alternative of the Mind -- and Heart? -- Conclusion: Reading the Signs -- Notes -- 9. Redefining the Conflict in Israel-Palestine: The Tricky Question of Sovereignty -- Empirical and Juridical Sovereignty -- Apartheid in Namibia -- Classic and Settler Colonialism -- Seeking Justice and Human Rights in a Settler Colonial State -- The Language of General Assembly Resolution 181 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 10. Israel-Palestine and the Apartheid Analogy: Critics, Apologists and Strategic Lessons -- Introduction -- What Is Apartheid? -- What Is Israel? Perspectives from the Left -- Is Israel an Apartheid State? -- Apartheid of a Special Type -- Prospects, Solutions and Strategies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 374 pages), maps
• Subjects: 956.04; Apartheid -- Israel; Apartheid -- South Africa; Arab-Israeli conflict; Comparative politics; HISTORY -- Middle East -- General; Apartheid; Arab-Israeli conflict; Politics and government; Israel -- Politics and government; South Africa -- Politics and government; Israel; South Africa; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783605910; 9781783605927; 1783605928; 9781783605897; 1783605898
• Related ISBNs: 178360591X; 1783605898; 1783605901; 9781783605903; 9781783605934
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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