# Why ideas aren't enough to solve the Palestine-Israeli conflict

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2010-07-30-why-ideas-arent-enough-to-solve-the-palestine-israeli-conflict

The piece argues that reframing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can expose assumptions but cannot replace political work and material power.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 30 July 2010

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2010/07/why-ideas-arent-enough-to-solve-the-palestine-israeli-conflict/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 30 July 2010
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: metaphor, conflict, politics, conceptual-framing.

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