TY - JOUR
T1 - From "there are no palestinian people" to "sorry for their suffering"
T2 - Israeli discourse of recognition of the Palestinians
AU - Kampf, Zohar
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The aim of this paper is to examine the evolving Israeli discourse of recognition of the Palestinian people and their suffering as a case study for theorizing the role of recognition statements in peace processes. Three stages of recognition are characterized and applied in order to understand the changing attitudes of Israeli officials toward the Palestinians: (1) acknowledgment of a political entity; (2) acknowledgment of their suffering; (3) acknowledgment of responsibility for their suffering. An analysis of Israeli officials' statements allows one to track the evolving recognition of one side in a conflict vis-à-vis the suffering of the other. Further, analysis of the response in Israel, in Palestinian territories and in the Arab world to what is considered the most far-reaching recognition statement made by an Israeli official enables us better to understand the role of such statements in promoting reconciliation.
AB - The aim of this paper is to examine the evolving Israeli discourse of recognition of the Palestinian people and their suffering as a case study for theorizing the role of recognition statements in peace processes. Three stages of recognition are characterized and applied in order to understand the changing attitudes of Israeli officials toward the Palestinians: (1) acknowledgment of a political entity; (2) acknowledgment of their suffering; (3) acknowledgment of responsibility for their suffering. An analysis of Israeli officials' statements allows one to track the evolving recognition of one side in a conflict vis-à-vis the suffering of the other. Further, analysis of the response in Israel, in Palestinian territories and in the Arab world to what is considered the most far-reaching recognition statement made by an Israeli official enables us better to understand the role of such statements in promoting reconciliation.
KW - Apology
KW - Israeli-Palestinian conflict
KW - Political Discourse
KW - Recognition
KW - Reconciliation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84870421262&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1075/jlp.11.3.06kam
DO - 10.1075/jlp.11.3.06kam
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AN - SCOPUS:84870421262
SN - 1569-2159
VL - 11
SP - 427
EP - 447
JO - Journal of Language and Politics
JF - Journal of Language and Politics
IS - 3
ER -