The Pursuit of Peace and the Crisis of Israel Identity
Defending/Defining the Nation
by Dov Waxman
The Pursuit of Peace and the Crisis of Israel Identity — Defending/Defining the Nation 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.