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The study analyzes violent encounters occurring under state authorities, then builds a theoretical framework to explain conflict and violence. It further explores communities through tradition and history, and the state through modernity and institutional structure, culminating in a reconsideration of how violence, modernity, and culture interact.","Not Just a Soccer Game  \nSyracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution Robert A. Rubinstein, Series Editor  \nOther titles from Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution  \nThe American Nuclear Disarmament Dilemma, 1945–1963  \nDavid Tal  \nBack Channel Negotiation: Secrecy in the Middle East Peace Process Anthony Wanis–St. John  \nThe Broken Olive Branch: Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and the Quest for Peace in Cyprus, 2 Vols.  \nHarry Anastasiou  \nConflict and Cooperation: Christian-Muslim Relations in Contemporary Egypt Peter E. 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Richards, and Beth Roy, eds.  \nNot Just a Soccer Game  \nColonialism and Conflict among Palestinians in Israel  \nMAGID SHIH ADE  \nSyracuse University Press  \nCopyright © 2011 by Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 13244-5290  \nAll Rights Reserved  \nFirst Edition 2011  \n11 12 13 14 15 16 6 5 4 3 2 1  \n∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992 .  \nFor a listing of books published and distributed by Syracuse University Press, visit our [Web site at SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu](Web site at SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu).  \nISBN: 978-0-8156-3256-6  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nShihade, Magid.  \nNot just a soccer game : colonialism and conflict among Palestinians in Israel / Magid Shihade.—1st ed.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution) Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-0-8156-3256-6 (alk. paper)  \n1. Violence—Israel. 2. Palestinian Arabs—Israel. 3. Violence in sports.  \n4. Sports and state. 5. Sports—Government policy—Israel. I. Title.  \nHM1116.S53 2011  \n305.892'74—dc22 2011008083  \nManufactured in the United States of America  \nMagid Shihade, PhD, teaches at the Abu-Lughod Institute for International Studies at Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine. He completed his studies in Israel, Germany, and the United States and taught at colleges in the United States, Pakistan, and Palestine. His research interests focus on modernity, violence, identity, and the anthropology and politics of knowledge. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences, Resistance Studies Magazine, and Interface: A Journal about and for Social Movements.  \nContents  \nAcknowledgments ix  \nIntroduction: A Soccer Game Turns Violent xi  \n1. Violent Encounters under the Eyes of State Authorities 1  \n2. Explaining Conflict and Violence: A Theoretical Framework 48  \n3. Anatomy of Communities: Tradition and History 75  \n4. Anatomy of the State: Modernity and Structure 112  \n5. Conclusion: Violence, Modernity and Culture Revisited 139  \nGlossary 159  \nReferences 161  \nIndex 173  \nAcknowledgments  \nI would like to thank my advising committee, Resat Kasaba, Ellis Gold  \nberg, Anthony Gill, and especially my mentor, Daniel Chirot, who despite differences in our political views supported my work. His help and advice have been very important to this project.  \nI am thankful to the School of Humanities, Social Science, and Law at Lahore University of Management Sciences for a research grant that gave me the opportunity to complete my manuscript in its last stages while in Lahore, Pakistan. 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