Re-thinking Inclusion as a Discursive Practice: the Case of Hamas in the Israeli Discourse after 2006

The role of ‘inclusiveness’ in assessing the legitimacy international negotiations assumes a central position both theoretical and empirical studies conflict-management resolution. focus this scholarship, however, has been often restricted to dynamics physical participation reciprocal communication without paying due attention discursive linguistic level at which intersubjective understanding occurs. This article re-conceptualizes inclusiveness as practice develops multidimensional framework assess its implications within context conflict Building on previous work linguistics metaphor analysis, we develop four categories that are used Hamas Israeli government’s official statements after 2006 preceding 2010 peace talks: (i) war-like; (ii) criminal-like; (iii) evil-like; (iv) adversary-like. Furthermore, show how circumstances were made (i.e. their field action) further influence metaphorical structure discourse.