| abstract |
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the current struggle of the past 100 years or
more between the Palestinian Arab and Israeli Jewish peoples in the previous Ottoman
Empire territory of Palestine. The current research analyzes memoirs by four authors- Oz,
Nusseibeh, Karmi, and Berghash with the aid of the New Historicism theory to establish
the factors that caused the conflict’s emergence and the reasons that it has extended over
the decades. The analysis of these memoirs allows for a thorough investigation into the
minds of these Israeli and Palestinian authors that can be extended to their populations. It
is established that both parties perceive themselves as victims regardless of the initiator
of the attack. However, there are similarities and differences in the authors’ perspectives
of the conflict. They engage one another in their discourses, thereby providing a peaceful
avenue for presenting grievances and suggesting a way forward for ending the war.
My current research highlights three main factors that contribute to the
perspectives concerning the Israeli- Palestinian conflict :1) identity 2) religion and 3)
individual experiences. It is evident from the discussions of Oz, Nusseibeh, Berghash,
and Karmi that both the Israelis and Palestinians have played a role in extending the
conflict over the years. These authors prove that research is an important tool in
formulating peace strategies, and they provide a foundation for understanding the
circumstances of both parties from a largely view, thereby providing subjectivity and
factual accuracy, which is an important step in the peace process.
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