 Constructing Facts on the Map: The 2020 “Vision for Peace Conceptual Map: The State of Israel and a Future State of Palestine”Christine Leuenberger Journal of Borderlands Studies, 2025, vol. 40, issue 4, 841-857 Abstract: Maps have historically always been intertwined with politics and the making of nation-states. Map-making in Israel/Palestine is a particularly powerful example of the politics of maps. This paper draws on critical cartography, Border Studies and Science and Technology Studies to analyze the “Vision for Peace Conceptual Maps” of a future State of Palestine and the State of Israel that were published by the White House in 2020 as part of a proposed peace plan entitled “Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the Lives of the Palestinian and Israeli People”. The focus is on the visual rhetoric, discursive underpinnings, and historical context of these maps. The paper also draws on qualitative in-depth interviews as well as academic and policy analyzes of the peace plan’s feasibility and potential impact. While the peace plan and its maps have vanished from the political limelight, they will nevertheless have established “facts on the map” that will embody new spatial possibilities that will inevitable shape imagined futures in Israel/Palestine. Date: 2025 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:rjbsxx:v:40:y:2025:i:4:p:841-857 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2023.2278547 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Borderlands Studies is currently edited by Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, Henk van Houtum and Martin van der Velde More articles in Journal of Borderlands Studies from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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