The Palestine-Israeli Conflict: A Beginner's Guide

by Cohn-Sherbok, Dan; El-Alami, Dawoud; El Alami, Dawoud Sudqi

• ISBN13: 9781851682614
• ISBN10: 1851682619
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

An American rabbi and a Palestinian lecturer jointly author this innovative introduction to the Middle-East Conflict. The result is a real insight into both the facts and emotions behind the two sides of the debate, and no issue is avoided, however conflict-ridden.

Table of Contents

list of maps	viii
preface	ix
chronology	xi
a jewish perspective dan cohn-sherbok the zionist movement	3	(1)
Religious and spiritual Zionism	3	(18)
Secular Zionism	7	(4)
The origins of the Zionist movement	11	(5)
Jewish settlement in Palestine	16	(5)
beyond the first world war	21	(17)
Aftermath of the Balfour Declaration	21	(4)
Steps towards statehood	25	(4)
Jews and Arabs	29	(4)
Palestine before the Second World War	33	(5)
the jewish state	38	(17)
Revolt against the British	38	(4)
Post-war developments	42	(4)
Jewish statehood	46	(4)
The first years of independence	50	(5)
the six-day war and its aftermath	55	(17)
Prelude to war	55	(4)
The Arab world	59	(4)
Renewed conflict between Israel and the Arabs	63	(4)
The Palestinian problem	67	(5)
the road to peace	72	(19)
Intensification of the uprising	72	(4)
Arab-Israeli negotiations	76	(4)
Negotiations and terrorism	80	(4)
Undermining Oslo	84	(7)
a palestinian perspective dawoud el-alami
the origins of modern palestine	91	(14)
Palestine in the nineteenth century	91	(1)
Ottoman administration	92	(2)
Foreign influence and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire	94	(1)
Early Jewish immigration	95	(3)
The decline of the Ottoman Empire	98	(3)
The First World War and the Arab revolt	101	(1)
Secret agreements and broken promises	102	(1)
The Balfour Declaration	103	(2)
palestinians, jews and the british	105	(22)
The aftermath of the First World War	105	(1)
Early Palestinian reaction	106	(3)
The `Churchill White Paper'	109	(4)
The Mandate	113	(4)
The Wailing Wall crisis	117	(5)
The first proposals for partition	122	(3)
The 1939 White Paper	125	(2)
towards the establishment of a jewish state	127	(11)
The Second World War	127	(2)
Jewish acquisition of land	129	(1)
Arab unity	130	(4)
The declaration of the State of Israel	134	(4)
arabs and jews	138	(15)
Peace with Israel	138	(2)
Fatah and the PLO	140	(2)
Egyptian involvement	142	(3)
After the Six-Day War	145	(1)
The war of attribution from mid-1967 to October 1973	146	(4)
Black September	150	(3)
towards liberation	153	(22)
The October War	153	(3)
The Palestinians and Lebanon	156	(2)
The invasion	158	(2)
The new hope	160	(1)
The Intifada	161	(3)
The Second Gulf War	164	(2)
Madrid, Oslo and beyond	166	(9)
debate	175	(16)
notes	191	(6)
bibliography	197	(4)
index	201