Language of War, Language of Peace
Palestine, Israel and the Search for Justice
Published on 12. February 2015
162 pages
978-1-78283-121-1 (ISBN)
Description
Award-winning author Raja Shehadeh explores the politics of language and the language of politics in the Israeli Palestine conflict, reflecting on the walls that they create - legal and cultural - that confine today's Palestinians just like the physical borders, checkpoints and the so called 'Separation Barrier'.
The peace process has been ground to a halt by twists of language and linguistic chicanery that has degraded the word 'peace' itself. No one even knows what the word might mean now for the Middle East. So to give one example of many, Israel argued that the omission of the word 'the' in one of the UN Security Council's resolutions meant that it was not mandated to withdraw from all of the territories occupied in 1967.
The Language of War, The Language of Peace is another important book from Raja Shehadeh on the world's greatest political fault line.
The peace process has been ground to a halt by twists of language and linguistic chicanery that has degraded the word 'peace' itself. No one even knows what the word might mean now for the Middle East. So to give one example of many, Israel argued that the omission of the word 'the' in one of the UN Security Council's resolutions meant that it was not mandated to withdraw from all of the territories occupied in 1967.
The Language of War, The Language of Peace is another important book from Raja Shehadeh on the world's greatest political fault line.
Reviews / Votes
Shehadeh writes beautifully, his language infused with a lyrical, melancholic sense of loss * Sunday Telegraph * Few Palestinians have opened their minds and hearts with such frankness * New York Times * Shehadeh writes with great clarity and simplicity, but no bitterness about the unhappy history of his family and country * Independent * Shehadeh's voice is a rare one - angry yet dispassionate, committed yet free -- Michael IgnatieffMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-78283-121-1 (9781782831211)
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02/2015
Profile Books Ltd
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Person
Raja Shehadeh is Palestine's leading writer. He is also a lawyer and the founder of the pioneering Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq. Shehadeh was a National Book Award finalist in 2023 and is the author of several acclaimed books published by Profile, including the Orwell Prize-winning Palestinian Walks. He lives in Ramallah.
