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Volume 49, Issue 2
February 2020
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Book Review| February 01 2020
Review: From the River to the Sea: Palestine and Israel in the Shadow of “Peace,” edited by Mandy Turner Available to Purchase
From the River to the Sea: Palestine and Israel in the Shadow of “Peace,” edited by Mandy Turner.
Lanham, MD:
Lexington Books,
2019. 354 pages. $110.00 cloth, $104.50 e-book.
Maia Carter Hallward
Journal of Palestine Studies (2020) 49 (2): 94–96.
https://doi.org/10.1525/jps.2020.49.2.94
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From the River to the Sea examines the current context of various communities in Israel/Palestine more than twenty-five years after the Oslo Accords. While the contributors vary in their views regarding what the future holds for the region, they approach the topic as “an unjust and violent colonial situation that must be documented, opposed and resolved in a way that advances human dignity and rights” (p. x).
This is not an introductory-level text, but rather is aimed at those with basic knowledge about the region, given the authors' sophisticated arguments and detailed discussions that involve a range of political actors, agreements, and geographical contexts. In keeping with the principle that research can be “objective” but cannot be “neutral” (p. ix), the contributors in this volume critically examine the “victor's peace” that has resulted from the Oslo process. More specifically, the authors seek to transform international public perception of the situation...
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