The Pursuit of Peace and the Crisis of

This book offers a theoretically-informed analysis of the way in which Israeli national identity has shaped Israel's foreign policy. By linking domestic identity politics to Israeli foreign policy, it reveals how a crisis of Israeli identity inflamed the debate in Israel over the Oslo peace process.

Dov Waxman is an assistant professor in the Political Science Department at Baruch College of the City University of New York.

Preface and Acknowledgments

vii

Introduction

1

(14)

The Construction of Israeli National Identity: From Jews to Israelis and Back Again

15

(28)

Between Isolation and Integration: Foreign Policy and Israeli National Identity

43

(38)

Out of the Ghetto: The Oslo Peace Process and Israeli National Identity

81

(28)

The Crisis of Israeli Identity

109

(36)

The Return of the Other

145

(42)

Conclusion: Israel's Identity Crisis in Global Perspective

187

(12)

Notes

199

(46)

Index

245

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