Review by Choice Review
This book is a survey of peace building activism and advocacy work undertaken among Israeli and Palestinian groups from 2003 to 2008. Hallward (Kennesaw State Univ.) is the associate editor of the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development. She brings several years of involvement to the topic, having worked in the occupied Palestinian territories prior to the period of research. The book covers the time following the collapse of the formal peace process, widely viewed as a nadir in peace activism. As such it contributes a helpful alternative take. It includes a background to the conflict and the peace process, profiles seven separate groups, and assesses their action based on their programs and attempts to reconceptualize identity among Israelis and Palestinians. The book's assertion that the formal peace process and track-two diplomacy dwindled during the period under study is appropriate but neglects the 2002 Geneva Accord described in Menachem Klein's A Possible Peace between Israel and Palestine (CH, May'08, 45-5236). Still, the book addresses underreported efforts undertaken by activist groups during the Second Intifada and is therefore a valuable guide to these efforts. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. P. Rowe Trinity Western University
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Review by Choice Review
