ABSTRACT

The Arab-Israeli conflict has been one of the most protracted and contentious disputes in the Middle East. This wide-ranging textbook examines the diplomatic and historical setting within which the conflict developed, from both the Israeli and Palestinian perspectives, and gives a comprehensive overview of the peace process.

Enabling students to easily access and study original documents through the supportive framework of a textbook, The Arab-Israeli Conflict:

  • presents the seventy most important and widely cited documents in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
  • presents these documents in an edited form to highlight key elements
  • includes an introductory chapter which sets the context for the study of the history of the area
  • covers a comprehensive historical period, ranging from the 19th Century to the present day
  • incorporates a wide range of pedagogical aids: original documents, maps and boxed sections.

This important textbook is an essential aid for courses on the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Middle East peace process, and will be an invaluable reference tool for all students of political science, Middle East studies and history.

chapter |34 pages

Part I Introduction

part |2 pages

Part II From Herzl (1896) to Recognition as a State (1949)

chapter 1|9 pages

Theodor Herzl, The Jewish State (1896)

chapter 4|2 pages

The Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916)

chapter 8|6 pages

The Mandate for Palestine (July 24, 1922)

chapter 13|2 pages

Zionist Reaction to the White Paper (1939)

chapter 18|2 pages

8 (December 11, 1948)

part |2 pages

Part III From Recognition (1949) Through the Start of a Peace Process (1978)

chapter 29|1 pages

The Seven Points of Fatah (January, 1969)

part |2 pages

Part IV From a Peace Treaty (1979) to the Nobel Peace Prize (1994)

chapter 40|1 pages

Golan Heights Law (December 14, 1981)

chapter 44|3 pages

Israel’s Peace Initiative (May 14, 1989)

chapter 51|3 pages

The Washington Declaration (July 25, 1994)

part |2 pages

Part V From Interim Agreements (1995) to the Present Time

chapter 57|2 pages

7 Interim Agreement (October 5, 1995)