What dialogue after Gaza?

The fifth war in Gaza this century is, at the time of writing, two years old with a massive loss of civilian life, including 20,000 children, and the obliteration of most of Gaza's infrastructure. Specialists in Genocide Studies have described it as a 'genocide'. We can only hope that...

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Published in:Patterns of prejudice Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 99 - 108
Main Author: Cheyette, Bryan
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Abingdon Routledge 01.02.2025
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
Activism
Activists
Arab Israeli relations
Colonialism
Crime
Dialogue
Edward Said
Ethics
Gaza
Genocide
Holocaust
Hostages
Hostility
Infrastructure
Israel/Palestine
Massacre
Massacres
Nakba
Overseas sojourners
Specialists
Tragedy
Truces & cease fires
War
Gaza Strip
Israel
ISSN:0031-322X, 1461-7331
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Summary:The fifth war in Gaza this century is, at the time of writing, two years old with a massive loss of civilian life, including 20,000 children, and the obliteration of most of Gaza's infrastructure. Specialists in Genocide Studies have described it as a 'genocide'. We can only hope that, by the time this Commentary is published, the ceasefire will continue to hold and be followed by a comprehensive peace plan including Palestinian national rights. The violence was precipitated by the Hamas-instigated massacre of 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals, mainly civilian, and the capture of 251 hostages. What dialogue is possible after such mutual bloodletting? Cheyette follows Edward Said, the Palestinian scholar activist, who believed that discussion and dialogue are of the highest moral order in Israel/Palestine and, more realistically today, within the academy where he worked. Is the Israel/Palestine conflict a tragedy, as Said argued, which can only be ended by the political and ethical necessity of discussion and dialogue? Or is it a settler-colonial crime that denigrates discussion and dialogue as a means of normalizing the criminal? How can we effect change as thinking activists and not add to the hostility? Cheyette engages with both the memory of the Holocaust and the ongoing Nakba in a bid to engage with these questions.
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ISSN:0031-322X
1461-7331
DOI:10.1080/0031322X.2025.2577042