From Apartheid to Democracy

A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-0-520-40200-3
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 400 g

A decisive break from the failed Oslo Accords and an innovative plan to create the foundations for peace and self-determination in Israel-Palestine.

For more than three decades, the illusion of a two-state solution under the auspices of the Oslo Accords has allowed Israel to maintain a one-state reality of permanent occupation and apartheid.

Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man and Sarah Leah Whitson challenge this approach, presenting a road map to end these crimes and create a rights-respecting regime for everyone now living under Israeli control. Only once basic safety and legal equality are assured can Jewish Israelis and Palestinians determine their futures—in one, two, or more states if they choose—through an inclusive, democratic process. Breaking with the failures of the past, the plan presented here makes clear that ongoing violations of basic human rights must be ended before issues of governance can be equitably addressed.

Clear-eyed yet hopeful, Omer-Man and Whitson offer proof of concept that democracy and equality are indeed attainable—and call on the international community to create the conditions required for them to flourish.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Omer-Man, Michael Schaeffer

Whitson, Sarah Leah

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Preface
Introduction and FAQs

Part I
Chapter 1. International Law Framework
Chapter 2. When Will the Blueprint Be Relevant?
Chapter 3. The Day After the Blueprint
Chapter 4. The Challenge of Security, Violence, and Instability

Part II. The Blueprint
Section 1. Establish a Caretaker Government
Section 2. End Military Rule and Revoke Emergency Laws
Section 3. Restore Freedom of Movement
Section 4. The Courts
Section 5. Revoke Racist, Discriminatory Laws
Section 6. Citizenship and Voting Rights
Section 7. Security Forces and Disarmament
Section 8. Restorative Justice, Prisoners, and Refugees
Section 9. Elections and the Culmination of the Blueprint

Acknowledgments
Appendix A. Guiding Principles for the Transition
Appendix B. Laws That Should Be Immediately Revoked or Amended
Appendix C. Timeline for Implementation
Appendix D. Mapping Existing Security Forces
Appendix E. Committees and Commissions
Glossary of Terms
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man is Israel-Palestine Director at DAWN and former Editor in Chief of +972 Magazine.

Sarah Leah Whitson is Executive Director of DAWN and former Executive Director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa Division.