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Developing Palestinian-Jewish Bilingual Integrated Education in Israel: Opportunities and Challenges for Peace Education in Conflict Societies

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Addressing Ethnic Conflict through Peace Education

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As much as any other modern nation-state, the State of Israel is a product of invented tradition (Hobsbawm, 1983) and has institutionalized itself by establishing public education, a standardized legal system, and a secular equivalent to the church (Ben-Amos and Bet-El, 1999; Gellner, 1997; Handelman, 1990).

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  1. The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

    Zvi Bekerman

  2. Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

    Claire McGlynn

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Bekerman, Z. (2007). Developing Palestinian-Jewish Bilingual Integrated Education in Israel: Opportunities and Challenges for Peace Education in Conflict Societies. In: Bekerman, Z., McGlynn, C. (eds) Addressing Ethnic Conflict through Peace Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230603585_8

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