International Dimension of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict, The: A Post-Eurocentric Approach

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Analyzes the Israel-Palestinian conflict by looking at its interactions with seven regional and global powers and the way the conflict is framed at the international level. Despite decades of international diplomatic efforts, a solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict is still as elusive as ever, forcing us to ask the question: have global and regional powers, rather than helping to solve the conflict, actually led to its perpetuation? This book explores this question from a post-Eurocentric perspective. Departing from the literature that sees the United States, Europe, and Russia as outside diplomatic actors, and regional powers such as Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey as part of the conflict, Daniela Huber instead conceptualizes all of them as actors in the regional/international dimension of the conflict, which they (re)produce through their role performances. Anchored in grounded theory and critical discourse analysis, she examines the scripts that have been performed by these powers at the United Nations and how the authoritative international framing of the conflict has evolved in the UN Security Council and General Assembly, identifying periods of continuity and ruptures in these scripts, as well as alternatives to them. Contents List of Illustrations Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction How to Read This Book 1. The State of the Art and a New Conceptualization of the Conflict 2. Theoretical Background: Roles, Meanings, and Scripts 3. Methodology 3.1. Research Design 3.2. Sample 3.3. Analytical Procedure 3.4. Reflections on the Position of a Researcher on the Israel-Palestinian Conflict 4. Categories and Key Concepts in the Representation of the Palestine/Israel Question at the UN 4.1. The Representation of the Self 4.2. The Representation of Palestinians and Israelis 4.3. Diagnostic and Prognostic Representation of the Conflict 4.4. The Representation of the United Nations 5. Continuities and Ruptures in the Role Representations of the Seven Powers 5.1. Egypt and Saudi Arabia 5.1.1. Up until the 1967 War 5.1.2. From 1967 to 1979 5.1.3. From 1979 until 2011 5.1.4. From 2011 until Today 5.2. Turkey and Iran 5.2.1. Iran and Turkey up until the 1967 War and After 5.2.2. Iran after the Revolution in 1979 and up until Today 5.2.3. Turkey after the End of the Cold War until Today 5.3. EC/EU, USSR/Russia, and the United States 5.3.1. Up until 1967 5.3.2. From 1967 until 1979 5.3.3. From 1979 until 2011 5.3.4. From 2011 until Today Epilogue 6. The Authoritative International Normative Framing of the Conflict 6.1. The League of Nations as a Tool of Domination 6.2. 1947–1967: The United Nations as the Superpower’s Conflict Management Tool 6.3. 1967–1979: Sidelining the United Nations 6.3.1. The Immediate Reaction to the 1967 and 1973 Wars, Resolutions 242 and 338 6.3.2. The Normative Framing of the Conflict at the UNSC 6.3.3. The Normative Framing of the Conflict at the UNGA 6.4. 1979–2011: The Peace Process Script and Making the United Nations Irrelevant 6.4.1. The Normative Framing of the Conflict at the UNSC 6.4.2. The Normative Framing of the Conflict at the UNGA 6.5. After 2011: A Shift in the Framing? 6.6. Epilogue Conclusions Notes References Index