Reimagining Space, Rights, and Partnership in Palestine-Israel
At a time when despair about the possibility of a peaceful future in Palestine-Israel is fuelling the horrific violence on the ground, the project helps meet the urgent need for a fresh vision grounded in defensible values and elaborated through careful research and sober policy analysis.
The Green Line can play a prominent role under an “emancipatory peacebuilding” paradigm (ibid.) by being a border between two internationallyrecognized states, on the one hand, and a porous membrane in everyday nation- and state-building on a local, national and supranational level, on the other.
Dependence can become interdependence when it is symmetrical, just, and sustainable. This is a continued process, perhaps never fully achieved, rather than a fixed objective or endgame.
The transcendent can help cultivate a shared appreciation for the land and its significant sacred sites, rather than the sectarian divisions created by the zero-sum game of colonialism and nationalism.
