Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Abbreviations and key terms xiii
5. Israeli wars and peace agreements 1948–2012 xv
6. Strategies of peace-estrangement xvii
7. Foreword 1
8. 1. Peace-Estrangement Discourse (PED) 9
9. PED in politicians’ discourse
10. 2. Peace-estrangement after 1967 21
11. 3. Idiosyncratic “peace” in Knesset discourse 33
12. 4. “Peace” in war speeches 43
13. 5. Victory is the new peace 57
14. 6. “We extend a hand in peace” 69
15. PED: Beyond politicians’ discourse
16. 7. Peace in current school textbooks 85
17. 8. Utopian “peace” in Herzl’s Altneuland (1902) 99
18. 9. Towards a “culture of peace” in the daily Ha’aretz 115
19. Conclusions 129
20. Appendix A: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Speech Preceding his Meeting with President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmud Abbas 135
21. Bibliography 137
22. Index 151