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Tables, Charts, and Maps, xiii
Documents, xiv
Preface, xvi
Introduction, 1
1. Palestine in the Nineteenth Century, 16
CHRONOLOGY, 16
PALESTINE UNDER THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 17
THE ARABS OF PALESTINE, 19
JEWS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY PALESTINE, 20
THE BIRTH OF MODERN ZIONISM, 21
THE JEWISH AND ARAB COMMUNITIES OF PALESTINE ON THE EVE OF WORLD WAR I, 28
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING, 30
DOCUMENT 1–1 Program of the League of the Arab Fatherland: Negib Azoury, 31
DOCUMENT 1–2 Announcement to the Arabs, Sons of Qahtan, 32
DOCUMENT 1–3 Theodor Herzl, Der Judenstaat (The Jews' State), published in 1896 [Excerpts], 33
DOCUMENT 1–4 The Basel Declaration, 35
2. Palestine During the Mandate, 36
CHRONOLOGY, 36
THE HUSSEIN-MCMAHON CORRESPONDENCE, 37
THE SYKES-PICOT AGREEMENT, 39
THE BALFOUR DECLARATION, 41
POSTWAR SETTLEMENT, 42
THE MANDATES, 44
LAND, IMMIGRATION, AND WHITE PAPERS, 49
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING, 57
DOCUMENT 2–1 Sir Henry McMahon's Second Note to the Sharif Husain, 57
DOCUMENT 2–2 The Sharif Husain's Third Note to Sir Henry McMahon, 58
DOCUMENT 2–3 Sir Henry McMahon's Third Note to the Sharif Husain, 59
DOCUMENT 2–4 Letter by Arthur James Balfour to Lord Rothschild (The Balfour Declaration), 59
DOCUMENT 2–5 British Cabinet Discussion on Support for Zionism, October 4, 1917 [Excerpt], 60
DOCUMENT 2–6 Text of the Faisal-Weizmann Agreement, 61
DOCUMENT 2–7 Feisal-Frankfurter Correspondence, 62
DOCUMENT 2–8 Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission, August 28, 1919 [Excerpt], 63
DOCUMENT 2–9 The Churchill White Paper, 1922 [Excerpt], 64
DOCUMENT 2–10 The Peel Commission's Justification for Proposing Partition for Palestine, 1937, 65
DOCUMENT 2–11 The 1939 White Paper on Palestine [Excerpt], 66
3. World War II, Jewish Displaced Persons, and the Partition of Palestine, 68
CHRONOLOGY, 68
THE HOLOCAUST, 70
JEWISH RESISTANCE TO THE HOLOCAUST, 72
THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN JEWS, AND PALESTINE TO 1945, 73
PALESTINE AFTER WORLD WAR II, 76
THE DISPLACED PERSONS AND PALESTINE, 76
POSTWAR BRITISH AND AMERICAN POLICY, 78
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY, 81
PALESTINE BEFORE THE UNITED NATIONS, 83
UNSCOP MAJORITY REPORT, 84
THE UNITED STATES AND THE PARTITION PROPOSAL, 85
UNGA APPROVES THE PARTITION OF PALESTINE, 86
ARAB AND JEWISH RESPONSE TO THE UN PARTITION RESOLUTION, 88
PARTITION IN DOUBT, 90
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING, 92
DOCUMENT 3–1 Rudolf Hoess on the Methods of the “Final Solution”, 92
DOCUMENT 3–2 Declaration Adopted by the Extraordinary Zionist Conference, Biltmore Hotel,New York City, May 11, 1942, 93
DOCUMENT 3–3 The Zionist Case: Golda Meir, Testimony Before the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry, Jerusalem, March 25, 1946, 94
DOCUMENT 3–4 The Palestine Arab Case: Jamal Bey Husseini, Arab Higher Committee, Before the Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestinian Question on Palestinian Arab Reactions to the UNSCOP Proposals, September 29, 1947, 95
DOCUMENT 3–5 UNSCOP's Plan of Partition with Economic Union, 97
DOCUMENT 3–6 U.S. Department of State Memorandum on American Policy at the United Nations, September 30, 1947, 99
4. The Proclamation of Israel and First Arab–Israeli War, 100
CHRONOLOGY, 100
ISRAEL DECLARED AND THE WAR OF 1948, 101
THE PALESTINIAN REFUGEES, 104
ISRAEL: A JEWISH STATE, 106
THE ARABS OF PALESTINE: 1948, 110
CONCLUSION, 112
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING, 113
DOCUMENT 4–1 State of Israel Proclamation of Independence, 113
DOCUMENT 4–2 UN General Assembly Resolution 194 (III) Adopted on December 11, 1948 [Excerpts], 115
5. The Conflict Widens: Suez, 1956, 116
CHRONOLOGY, 116
THE UNCERTAIN YEARS, 1949–1956, 117
ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS, 117
ISRAEL AND THE ARAB STATES, 120
BACKGROUND TO THE 1956 WAR, 121
THE BAGHDAD PACT, 1955, 124
THE SUEZ CRISIS, 126
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING, 132
DOCUMENT 5–1 Speech by President Nasser Justifying Nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, July 28, 1956 [Excerpts], 132
DOCUMENT 5–2 Anthony Eden's Views of Gamal Abdul Nasser (a) In His Memoirs (b) In a Letter to Eisenhower, September 6, 1956, 134
DOCUMENT 5–3 Speech to the Security Council by Abba Eban, Israel, on his Country's Offensive in Sinai, October 30, 1956 [Excerpt], 135
DOCUMENT 5–4 President Nasser's Response to the Anglo-French Ultimatum, November 1, 1956, 135
6. The Turning Point: June 1967, 137
CHRONOLOGY, 137
ISRAEL AFTER 1956, 138
THE ARAB STATES AFTER 1956, 140
U.S.–SOVIET INVOLVEMENT: THE COLD WAR AND THE ARMS RACE, 141
SYRIA, THE PALESTINIANS, AND THE WAR OF 1967, 144
RECAPITULATION, 154
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING, 155
DOCUMENT 6–1 Nasser's Speech to Egyptian National Assembly Members, May 29, 1967, 155
DOCUMENT 6–2 Speech by Abba Eban, Israeli Foreign Minister, to the Security Council on Israel's Reasons for Going to War, June 6, 1967, 156
DOCUMENT 6–3 UN Security Council Resolution 242, November 22, 1967, 157
DOCUMENT 6–4 Principles Guiding Israel's Policy in the Aftermath of the June 1967 War as Outlined by Prime Minister Eshkol, Jerusalem, August 9, 1967 [Excerpts], 158
DOCUMENT 6–5 Resolutions of the Khartoum Conference, September 1, 1967, 158
7. Holy Days and Holy War: October 1973, 160
CHRONOLOGY, 160
THE PALESTINIANS AND THE PLO AFTER 1967, 162
DIPLOMACY, THE WAR OF ATTRITION, AND THE ROGERS PLAN, 168
DÉTENTE AND THE ROLE OF THE SUPERPOWERS, 170
EGYPT PREPARES FOR WAR, 171
THE 1973 WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH, 174
THE ARAB EMBARGO AND THE OIL WEAPON, 176
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING, 178
DOCUMENT 7–1 The Palestinian National Covenant, 1968 [Excerpts], 179
DOCUMENT 7–2 Security Council Resolution 338, October 22, 1973, 181
DOCUMENT 7–3 Arab Heads of State Declaration at Rabat, October 28, 1974, 181
DOCUMENT 7–4 Israel Knesset Statement, Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, Following the Rabat Conference, November 5, 1974 [Excerpt], 181
8. The Search for Peace, 1973–1979, 183
CHRONOLOGY, 183
THE PEACE PROCESS, 1973–1979, 184
WATER AND THE ARAB–ISRAELI CONFLICT, 192
THE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS, 193
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING, 199
DOCUMENT 8–1 UN General Assembly Resolution 3236 (XXIX), November 22, 1974, 199
DOCUMENT 8–2 Speech by Yasser Arafat, Palestine Liberation Organization, to the General Assembly, [Excerpts] November 13, 1974, 200
DOCUMENT 8–3 Speech by Yosef Tekoah, Israel, to the General Assembly, November 13, 1974 [Excerpts], 202
DOCUMENT 8–4 Framework for Peace in the Middle East Agreed at Camp David and Signed at the White House, September 17, 1978 [Excerpts], 203
DOCUMENT 8–5 Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty Between Egypt and Israel Signed at the White House on September 17, 1978 [Excerpts], 206
DOCUMENT 8–6 The Likud Response to Camp David: The 1981 Party Platform [Excerpts], 206
DOCUMENT 8–7 Arab League Summit Communiqué, Issued in Baghdad, Iraq, March 31, 1979 [Excerpts], 208
DOCUMENT 8–8 West Bank Palestinians: Reaction to Camp David, August 30, 1981 [Excerpts], 208
9. Lebanon and the Intifada, 210
CHRONOLOGY, 210
LEBANON, 211
THE INTIFADA, 225
THE SUPERPOWERS AND THE PEACE PROCESS, 234
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING, 236
DOCUMENT 9–1 Fez Summit Peace Proposal, 236
DOCUMENT 9–2 Hussein's Renunciation of Claim to the West Bank [Excerpts], 237
DOCUMENT 9–3 Palestine National Council, “Palestinian Declaration of Independence,” Algiers, November 15, 1988, 238
DOCUMENT 9–4 PLO Acceptance of UN Resolutions 242 and 338, 240
DOCUMENT 9–5 Arafat Statement on Israel and Terrorism, 241
DOCUMENT 9–6 Shamir's Four-Point Plan, 242
10. The Peace of the Brave, 244
CHRONOLOGY, 244
THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND THE DISSOLUTION OF THE SOVIET UNION, 245
THE GULF WAR, 245
THE MADRID PEACE CONFERENCE, 250
THE ROAD TO PEACE, 255
THE SEPTEMBER 1993 ISRAELI–PLO ACCORD, 262
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING, 266
DOCUMENT 10–1 President Bush: The Start of Military Action, 266
DOCUMENT 10–2 Saddam Hussein: The Iraqi View, 267
DOCUMENT 10–3 Arafat to Rabin Recognizing Israel's Right to Exist, 269
DOCUMENT 10–4 Rabin to Arafat Recognizing the PLO, 270
DOCUMENT 10–5 Clinton Statement at Signing of Israel–PLO Accord, 270
DOCUMENT 10–6 Arafat Statement at Signing of Accord, 272
DOCUMENT 10–7 Rabin Statement at Signing of Accord, 273
DOCUMENT 10–8 The Israel–PLO Declaration of Principles [Excerpts], 274
11. The Peace Progresses, 280
CHRONOLOGY, 280
THE GAZA-JERICHO AGREEMENT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE PLO, 281
PEACE BETWEEN JORDAN AND ISRAEL, 282
THE ROAD TO OSLO II, 284
THE ASSASSINATION OF YITZHAK RABIN, 286
THE ISRAELI ELECTIONS OF MAY 1996, 295
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING, 301
DOCUMENT 11–1 Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty, October 1994 [Excerpts], 301
DOCUMENT 11–2 The Taba Accord The Interim Agreement Between Israel and the PLO, September 28, 1995, 303
DOCUMENT 11–3 Eulogy for Late Prime Minister and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin by His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan, Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, November 6, 1995, 307
DOCUMENT 11–4 Text of Understanding Between Israel and Lebanon, April 26, 1996, 308
DOCUMENT 11–5 Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron and Note for the Record, 309
DOCUMENT 11–6 Letter to Be Provided by U.S. Secretary of State Christopher to Benjamin Netanyahu at the Time of Signing of the Hebron Protocol, 311
12. Collapse of the Peace Process, 313
CHRONOLOGY, 313
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS STALL, 314
INTERNAL PROBLEMS IN ISRAEL, 315
THE WYE RIVER MEMORANDUM, 317
THE DEATH OF KING HUSSEIN, 321
THE ELECTION OF EHUD BARAK, 321
THE SHARM AL-SHEIKH MEMORANDUM, 324
THE SYRIANS—AND GREAT EXPECTATIONS, 327
THE TALKS CONTINUE, 332
LEBANON, 333
CAMP DAVID II, 337
THE AL-AQSA INTIFADA AND COLLAPSE OF THE PEACE PROCESS, 339
THE ELECTION VICTORY OF ARIEL SHARON, 343
DOCUMENT 12–1 Wye River Memorandum [Excerpts], 344
DOCUMENT 12–2 UN Resolution 425 (1978) [On Lebanon], 348
DOCUMENT 12–3 The Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum, 348
Conclusion, 352
THE CHANGING CHARACTER OF THE ARAB–ISRAELI CONFLICT, 352
OUTSTANDING ISSUES IN THE CONFLICT, 354
POSTSCRIPT: OCTOBER 2003, 360
Epilogue: The Arab–Israeli Conflict in the Post-9/11 World, 361
CHRONOLOGY, 361
SHARON FORMS A NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT, 362
THE MITCHELL REPORT, 363
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, AND THE WAR ON TERROR, 364
U.S. ENDORSES PALESTINE AS STATE, 366
ISRAEL PRONOUNCES P.A. AN ENTITY THAT SUPPORTS TERROR, 367
THE SAUDI PLAN, 368
ISRAEL BEGINS TO BUILD A “SECURITY FENCE”, 370
THE QUARTET “ROAD MAP” TO PEACE, 372
THE ROAD MAP COMES TO A DEAD END, 376
DOCUMENT E–1 A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict, 378
Glossary, 379
Guide to Pronunciation, 384
Photo Credits, 385
Index, I-1-1

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