ABSTRACT

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most prominent issues in world politics today. Few other issues have dominated the world’s headlines and have attracted such attention from policy makers, the academic community, political analysts, and the world’s media.

The Routledge Handbook on the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of the most contentious and protracted political issue in the Middle East. Bringing together a range of top experts from Israel, Palestine, Europe and North America the Handbook tackles a range of topics including:

  • The historical background to the conflict
  • peace efforts
  • domestic politics
  • critical issues such as displacement, Jerusalem and settler movements
  • the role of outside players such as the Arab states, the US and the EU

This Handbook provides the reader with an understanding of the complexity of the issues that need to be addressed in order to resolve the conflict, and a detailed examination of the varied interests of the actors involved. In-depth analysis of the conflict is supplemented by a chronology of the conflict, key documents and a range of maps.

The contributors are all leading authorities in their field and have published extensively on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict/peace process. Many have played a leading role in various Track II initiatives accompanying the peace process.

part |2 pages

Part I Competing nationalisms

part |2 pages

Part III Seeking peace

part |2 pages

Part IV Issues

chapter 9|12 pages

Palestinian refugees

chapter 10|14 pages

Jerusalem

chapter 11|10 pages

Territory and borders

chapter 12|9 pages

Water

chapter 13|8 pages

Terrorism

chapter 14|11 pages

Religion

chapter 15|12 pages

Economic aspects

chapter 17|11 pages

Gaza

part |2 pages

Part V Domestic actors

part |2 pages

Part VI International engagement