Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Fourth Edition; A History with Documents

by Charles D Smith

• ISBN13: 9780312208288
• ISBN10: 0312208286
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-11-24
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

"The sixth edition of this best-selling, comprehensive introduction to the Arab-Israeli conflict features more than 45 primary documents and the most balanced, accessible, and up-to-date coverage available. It examines the underlying causes of the conflict, individual and group motives, and the roles that countries around the world have played in the region, helping readers understand the history behind the current crisis. The final chapter has been completely rewritten to address developments through spring 2006."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Charles D. Smith has taught at San Diego State University and Wayne State University and is professor of Middle East history in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona.

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
List of Photographs and Maps	xiv
The Middle East and Palestine to 1914: An Overview	1	(22)
Ancient Israel: Its Origins and History to the Roman Conquest	1	(2)
Palestine under Roman and Byzantine Rule	3	(2)
The Arabs and the Spread of Islam	5	(1)
Islam and Its Relationship to Judaism and Christianity	6	(2)
Palestine under Muslim Rule to 1517	8	(1)
Ottoman Rule to 1800: An Overview	9	(2)
The Ottomans and Europe, 1500--1800	11	(1)
The Ottomans and Europe, 1800--1914	12	(11)
Chronology	16	(2)
A Treaty of Amity and Commerce: The Ottoman Empire and France, February 1535	18	(2)
Decree of the French Directory Instructing Napoleon to Launch the Egyptian Campaign, April 12, 1798	20	(1)
Disraeli's Defense before the House of Commons of His Suez Action, February 21, 1876	21	(2)
Ottoman Society, Palestine, and the Origins of Zionism, 1800--1914	23	(35)
Ottoman Society in the Arab Lands in the Nineteenth Century	23	(2)
The Lebanon to 1860	25	(2)
Palestine in the Nineteenth Century	27	(6)
Zionism: Its Origins and Development to 1914	33	(1)
The Jews of Western Europe	33	(1)
Eastern European Jewry and the Rise of Zionism	34	(4)
Theodor Herzl and the Zionist Movement to 1914	38	(3)
The Arab Response to Zionism	41	(17)
Chronology	48	(1)
Two Farms in Palestine	49	(4)
Theodor Herzl, Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State), 1896	53	(2)
The Basel Progam, 1897	55	(1)
Theodor Herzl, ``Who Fears a State?'' from Die Welt, February 18, 1898	55	(1)
Naguib Azoury, From The Awakening of the Arab Nation, 1905	56	(2)
World War I, Great Britain, and the Peace Settlements, 1914--1921	58	(51)
World War I: The Ottoman Empire and the European Powers to July 1915	59	(3)
Britain, the Arabs, and the Husayn-McMahon Correspondence, July 1915--January 1916	62	(5)
The Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Husayn-McMahon Correspondence	67	(3)
Palestine and the Balfour Declaration	70	(6)
The European Powers, Zionism, and the Arabs, 1917--1918	76	(5)
The Peace Settlements and the Mandate System	81	(6)
Conclusion	87	(22)
Chronology	92	(2)
Ottoman Abrogation of the Capitulations, September 9, 1914	94	(1)
The Husayn-McMahon Correspondence, July 1915--January 1916	95	(6)
The Faysal-Weizmann Agreement, January 3, 1919	101	(2)
Resolutions of the General Syrian Congress, July 2, 1919	103	(2)
Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, January 1920	105	(1)
The Mandate for Palestine, July 24, 1922	106	(3)
Palestine Between the Wars: Zionism, The Palestinian Arabs, and the British Mandate, 1920--1939	109	(58)
The First Phase: Hopes Fulfilled and Dashed, 1918--1920	111	(1)
The First Decade, 1920--1930	112	(1)
Palestinian Arab Leadership	112	(4)
Zionist Leadership in Palestine and Abroad	116	(5)
The Zionist Leadership, the British Mandate, and the Arab Community, 1920-1931	121	(3)
The Land Question, 1920--1931	124	(4)
The Conflict over the Western Wall (Wailing Wall), 1928--1929, and Its Repercussions	128	(3)
Yishuv Expansion, Arab Rebellion, and the British Rethinking of Their Obligations, 1930--1939	131	(1)
Investigations and Retractions, 1930--1936	131	(3)
The Arab Revolt: Its Roots and Impact on Palestine	134	(10)
The 1939 White Paper: Background and Consequences	144	(3)
Great Britain and Palestine on the Eve of World War II	147	(20)
Chronology	154	(2)
The Churchill White Paper, July 1, 1922	156	(2)
Palestine Royal (Peel) Commission Report, July 1937	158	(4)
The 1939 White Paper	162	(5)
World War II and the Creation of the State of Israel, 1939--1948	167	(56)
Palestine, Zionism, and the War Effort, 1939--1945	168	(1)
World War II and the Middle East	168	(1)
Palestine: Jewish Immigration and the British Response	169	(1)
The Jewish Division and the Question of Jewish Military Capabilities	170	(2)
Zionism in the United States: The Biltmore Conference and Its Consequences	172	(2)
The White Paper, Partition, and Britain's Place in the Middle East, 1942--1945	174	(1)
Jewish Terrorism, The Hagana, and the British, 1940--1945	175	(1)
Palestinian Arab Leadership and the Question of Arab Unity, 1939--1945	176	(5)
The End of the Mandate and the Creation of Israel, 1945--1948	181	(2)
Consultation and Conflict: Great Britain, the United States, and Zionism, July 1945--February 1947	183	(7)
UNSCOP and United Nations' Ratification of Partition, February-November 1947	190	(5)
The Battle for Palestine/Israel, December 1947--May 1948	195	(6)
The Arab-Israeli Wars and the Armistices, 1948--1949	201	(22)
Chronology	211	(2)
The ``Final Solution'': Nazi Extermination of European Jewry	213	(1)
UNSCOP's Plan of Partition with Economic Union	213	(2)
Jamal al-Husayni, Testimony on Palestinian Arab Reaction to the UNSCOP Proposals, September 29, 1947	215	(2)
Rabbi Hillel Silver, Testimony on Zionist Reaction to the UNSCOP Proposals, October 2, 1947	217	(2)
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948	219	(4)
The Beginning of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Search for Security, 1949-1957	223	(38)
Israel, the Arab States, and the Palestinian/Israeli Arabs	224	(4)
The Great Powers, Israel, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1949--1954	228	(5)
The Great Powers, the Arabs, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1949--1954	233	(2)
The Baghdad Pact: The Western Search for Allies, 1953--1955	235	(2)
Israel, the Lavon Affair, and the Gaza Raid	237	(2)
The Israeli-Egyptian Arms Race, 1954--1956	239	(2)
The Aswan Dam Project, the Anderson Mission, and Nasser's Nationalization of the Suez Canal, January--July 1956	241	(4)
From Nationalization to Invasion, July--November 1956	245	(3)
The Suez Crisis and Its Ramifications: The Eisenhower Doctrine	248	(13)
Chronology	254	(2)
Letter on the Position of the Palestinian Refugees, November 17, 1949	256	(1)
Gamal Abd al-Nasser, Speech Justifying Nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, July 28, 1956	257	(1)
David Ben-Gurion, Speech to the Knesset on the Suez Victory, November 7, 1956	258	(2)
Golda Meir, Speech to the United Nations General Assembly, March 1, 1957	260	(1)
From Suez to the Six-Day War, 1957--1967	261	(40)
The Struggle for Syria and the Creation of the United Arab Republic, 1957--1958	261	(2)
Lebanese Politics: Power-Sharing and Domestic Tensions	263	(2)
Crisis and Conflict: The Lebanese Civil War and the Iraqi Revolution, 1957--1958	265	(3)
Inter-Arab Rivalries, 1958--1964	268	(4)
The Formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Al-Fatah, and Inter-Arab Politics, 1964--1966	272	(4)
Israeli Politics to 1967	276	(2)
Great Power Rivalries in the Middle East to 1967	278	(3)
Prelude to the 1967 War: The Crisis Escalates	281	(4)
The Six-Day War and Its Consequences	285	(16)
Chronology	294	(2)
Communique No. 1 from Headquarters of Asifa Forces (Fatah), January 6, 1965	296	(1)
Gamal Abd al-Nasser, Speech to Members of the Egyptian National Assembly, May 29, 1967	297	(2)
Abba Eban, Speech to the U.N. Security Council on Israel's Reasons for Going to War, June 6, 1967	299	(2)
War and the Search for Peace in the Middle East, 1967--1976	301	(50)
Limited Wars and the Search for Negotiating Leverage, 1967--1971	303	(1)
Israeli-Arab Negotiating Positions and Their Backgrounds	303	(2)
Deliberate Ambiguity: Security Council Resolution 242	305	(2)
Wars of Attrition and Their Internal Repercussions: Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinians, and Israel	307	(4)
Diplomacy and the Wars of Attrition: Egypt and Israel, 1968--1970	311	(2)
International Diplomacy and Domestic Intrigue: The Nixon Administration and the Rogers Plans, 1968--1970	313	(3)
Jordan and the Palestinians, August--September 1970	316	(2)
The Jordanian Crisis: Regional and International Repercussions	318	(2)
The 1973 War and Its Consequences	320	(1)
The Arabs: Seeking Responses to Signals	320	(2)
Israel and the Politics of Expansion	322	(2)
The 1973 War: The Chance for Diplomacy	324	(6)
Tactics and Ultimate Intentions: The PLO and Israel, 1973--1977	330	(21)
Chronology	339	(2)
U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, November 22, 1967	341	(1)
The Palestinian National Charter: Resolutions of the Palestine National Council, July 1--17, 1968; PLO Resolution on Security Council Resolution 242, June 1974	342	(3)
U.N. Security Council Resolution 338, October 22, 1973	345	(1)
Yasir Arafat's Address to the U.N. General Assembly, September 13, 1974	345	(4)
Yosef Tekoah, Response to Arafat's Address, November 13, 1974	349	(2)
Lebanon, The West Bank, and the Camp David Accords: The Palestinian Equation in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1977--1984	351	(55)
The Lebanese Civil War and Its Aftermath, 1975--1978	352	(5)
The Carter Administration and Camp David: The Initial Stages, January--November 1977	357	(2)
The Road to Camp David: November 1977--September 1978	359	(4)
The Reagan Administration and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: An Overview	363	(3)
West Bank and Israeli Arabs between Jordan and Israel, 1948--1977	366	(4)
Israel, Israeli Arabs, and the West Bank, 1977--1982	370	(2)
Lebanon: The Struggle For Hegemony	372	(4)
The Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, Its Background and Impact, August 1981--September 1982	376	(5)
Illusions of Peace, September 1982--February 1984	381	(3)
Lebanon Postscript: 1984--1990	384	(22)
Chronology	392	(2)
Platform of the Likud Coalition, March 1977	394	(1)
Anwar al-Sadat, Speech to the Israeli Knesset, November 20, 1977	395	(4)
Menachem Begin, Reply to President Sadat, November 20, 1977	399	(4)
A Framework for Peace in the Middle East Agreed at Camp David, September 17, 1978	403	(3)
From Pariah to Partner: The PLO and the Quest for Peace in Global and Regional Contexts, 1984--1993	406	(51)
Background, 1984--1995	406	(2)
Peace Gambits, Terrorism, and Political Strife, 1984--1987	408	(4)
The Intifada and the Gulf Crisis	412	(1)
Initial Reflections	412	(2)
The Intifada: Its Roots	414	(4)
The Gaza Strip	418	(3)
Intifada: The First Two Years, December 1987--December 1989	421	(4)
The Intifada and Islamic Resistance	425	(1)
The Intifada and International Politics, 1988--1991	426	(5)
The Gulf Crisis: A Synopsis	431	(3)
The Intifada and the Gulf Crisis: Their Impact on the Negotiating Process	434	(2)
Diplomacy and Conflict	436	(1)
The Madrid Talks: October 1991--Summer 1993	436	(1)
Negotiations amidst Violence	437	(20)
Chronology	447	(2)
Communique No. 1 of the Intifada Issued by the Unified National Leadership (UNL), January 8, 1988	449	(1)
Leaflet No. 1 of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), January 1988	450	(3)
Statements by Yasir Arafat and George Shultz, December 14, 1988	453	(2)
4 The U.S.-Soviet Invitation to the Mideast Peace Conference in Madrid, October 18, 1991	455	(2)
Israeli-Palestinian/Arab Negotiations and Agreements, August 1993--March 2000	457	(68)
The 1993 Oslo Accord	458	(1)
Background	458	(1)
The Terms	458	(3)
Analysis of the 1993 Accord	461	(4)
The Politics and Economics of Violence	465	(4)
The Interim Agreement (Oslo 2) and the Rabin Assassination	469	(7)
From Rabin to Netanyahu: The Peres Government and Likud's Victory, November 1995--May 1996	476	(2)
The Netanyahu Government: June 1996--July 1999	478	(1)
An Overview	478	(2)
Reciprocity and Confrontation	480	(1)
The Hebron Agreement, January 1997	481	(2)
Palestinian Communal Tensions	483	(1)
The Mashal Affair	484	(2)
Jewish Communal Strife: The Culture War Intensifies	486	(1)
The Wye Memorandum and the Collapse of the Netanyahu Coalition	487	(1)
Domestic and Regional Realignments, December 1998--July 1999	488	(2)
Conclusion: ``Setting Out for an Unknown Destination'': The Renewal of Negotiations with the Outcome in Doubt	490	(35)
Chronology	504	(2)
The Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, Washington, D.C., September 13, 1993	506	(5)
The Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement (Oslo 2) on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, September 28, 1995	511	(5)
Press Briefing on Israel-Syria Peace Talks and Their Resumption by James P. Rubin, State Department Spokesman, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, January 10, 2000	516	(9)
Selected Bibliography	525	(6)
Index	531