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Preface | |
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Introduction | |
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Defining the Question | |
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Who are the Arabs and Jews? | |
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The Religious Dimension: Judaism and Islam | |
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The Task of the Historian | |
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The Landscape of Palestine | |
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Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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Palestine in the Nineteenth Century | |
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Palestine Under the Ottoman Empire | |
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The Arabs of Palestine | |
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Jews in Nineteenth-Century Palestine | |
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The Birth of Modern Zionism | |
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The History of the Jews in Europe | |
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Theodor Herzl and the Emergence of Political Zionism | |
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The First Zionists Arrive in Palestine | |
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Socialist and Zionist Jews in Palestine | |
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The Jewish and Arab Communities of Palestine on the Eve of World War I | |
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Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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Program of the League of the Arab Fatherland: Negib Azoury | |
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Announcement to the Arabs, Sons of Qahtan | |
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Theodor Herzl, Der Judenstaat | |
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The Basel Declaration | |
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Palestine During the Mandate | |
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The Hussein-McMahon Correspondence | |
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The Sykes-Picot Agreement | |
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The Balfour Declaration | |
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Postwar Settlement | |
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The Mandates | |
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The Jews and the Mandate | |
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The Arabs and the Mandate | |
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The British during the Mandate | |
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Land, Immigration, and White Papers | |
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The White Paper of 1922 | |
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The Political Situation | |
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The White Paper of 1930 | |
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Arab Rebellion, 1936-1939 | |
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Peel Commission Report | |
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The 1939 White Paper | |
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Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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Sir Henry McMahon's Second Note to the Sharif Husain | |
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The Sharif Husain's Third Note to Sir Henry McMahon | |
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Sir Henry McMahon's Third Note to the Sharif Husain | |
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Letter by Arthur James Balfour to Lord Rothschild | |
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British Cabinet Discussion on Support for Zionism | |
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Text of the Faisal-Weizmann Agreement | |
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Feisal-Frankfurther Correspondence | |
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Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission | |
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The Churchill White Paper, 1922 | |
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The Peel Commission's Justification for Proposing Partition for Palestine | |
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The 1939 White Paper on Palestine | |
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World War II, Jewish Displaced Persons, and the Partition of Palestine | |
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The Holocaust | |
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Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust | |
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The United States, American Jews, and Palestine to 1945 | |
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Palestine After World War II | |
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The Displaced Persons and Palestine | |
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Postwar British and American Policy | |
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The Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry | |
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Palestine Before the United Nations | |
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UNSCOP Majority Report | |
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The United States and the Partition Proposal | |
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UNGA Approves the Partition of Palestine | |
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Arab and Jewish Response to the UN Partition Resolution | |
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Partition in Doubt | |
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Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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Rudolf Hoess on the Methods of the "Final Solution" | |
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Declaration Adopted by the Extraordinary Zionist Conference | |
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The Zionist Case: Golda Meir, Testimony Before the Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry | |
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The Palestine Arab Case: Jamal Bey Husseini | |
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UNSCOP's Plan of Partition with Economic Union | |
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The Proclamation of Israel and First Arab-Israeli War | |
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Israel Declared and the War of 1948 | |
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The Palestinian Refugees | |
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Israel: A Jewish State | |
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The Arabs of Palestine: 1948 | |
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Conclusion | |
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Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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State of Israel Proclamation of Independence | |
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UN General Assembly Resolution 194 | |
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The Conflict Widens: Suez, 1956 | |
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The Uncertain Years, 1949-1956 | |
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Israel and the Palestinians | |
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Israel and the Arab States | |
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Background to the 1956 War | |
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Egypt and Britain | |
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Nasser and Britain | |
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Nasser and the United States | |
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The Baghdad Pact, 1955 | |
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The Suez Crisis | |
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Background | |
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The Role of the British and the French | |
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The Israeli Role | |
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British, French, and Israeli Collusion | |
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Outcome | |
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Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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Speech by President Nasser Justifying Nationalization of the Suez Canal Company | |
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Anthony Eden's Views of Gamal Abdul Nasser | |
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Speech to the Security Council by Abba Eban, Israel, on his Country's Offensive in Sinai | |
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President Nasser's Response to the Anglo-French Ultimatum | |
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The Turning Point: June 1967 | |
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Israel After 1956 | |
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The Arab States After 1956 | |
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U.S.-Soviet Involvement: The Cold War and the Arms Race | |
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The U.S. Role | |
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The Soviet Role | |
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Syria, the Palestinians, and the War of 1967 | |
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Prelude to War | |
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The Road to War | |
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Results | |
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Recapitulation | |
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Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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Nasser's Speech to Egyptian National Assembly Members | |
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Speech by Abba Eban to the Security Council | |
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UN Security Council Resolution 242 | |
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Principles Guiding Israel's Policy in the Aftermath of the June 1967 War | |
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Resolutions of the Khartoum Conference | |
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Holy Days and Holy War: October 1973 | |
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The Palestinians and the PLO After 1967 | |
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The PLO Covenant and Armed Struggle | |
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The PLO and the Arab States | |
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Diplomacy, the War of Attrition, and the Rogers Plan | |
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Detente and the Role of the Superpowers | |
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Egypt Prepares for War | |
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The 1973 War and its Aftermath | |
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The Arab Embargo and the Oil Weapon | |
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Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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The Palestinian National Covenant | |
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Security Council Resolution 338 | |
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Arab Heads of State Declaration at Rabat | |
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Israel Knesset Statement Following the Rabat Conference | |
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The Search for Peace, 1973-1979 | |
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The Peace Process, 1973-1979 | |
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Kissinger's Shuttle Diplomacy | |
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Divisions within Israel | |
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The Response of the Arab States | |
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PLO Policy | |
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The West Bank and Gaza | |
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Water and the Arab-Israeli Conflict | |
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The Camp David Accords | |
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The Role of Jimmy Carter | |
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The Camp David Accords and Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty | |
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The Arab Response to Camp David | |
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The Significance of the Camp David Accords | |
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Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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UN General Assembly Resolution 3236 (XXIX) | |
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Speech by Yasser Arafat to the General Assembly | |
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Speech by Yosef Tekoah to the General Assembly | |
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Framework for Peace in the Middle East Agreed at Camp David and Signed at the White House | |
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Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty Between Egypt and Israel | |
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The Likud Response to Camp David: The 1981 Party Platform | |
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Arab League Summit Communique | |
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West Bank Palestinians: Reaction to Camp David | |
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Lebanon and the Intifada | |
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Lebanon | |
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The Palestinian Factor | |
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Civil War and Its Consequences | |
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"Operation Peace for Galilee" | |
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Israel Withdraws | |
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The American Jewish Lobby and Israel | |
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The Reagan and Other Peace Plans | |
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Communal Conflict in Lebanon Continues | |
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The PLO Moves to Tunis | |
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The Intifada | |
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The PLO and the Intifada | |
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The Intifada and Israeli Policy | |
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Consequences of the Intifada | |
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The Superpowers and the Peace Process | |
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Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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Fez Summit Peace Proposal | |
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Hussein's Renunciation of Claim to the West Bank | |
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Palestine National Council, "Palestinian Declaration of Independence" | |
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PLO Acceptance of UN Resolutions 242 and 338 | |
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Arafat Statement on Israel and Terrorism | |
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Shamir's Four-Point Plan | |
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The Peace of the Brave | |
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The End of the Cold War and the Dissolution of the Soviet Union | |
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The Gulf War | |
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Iraq's Invasion and Annexation of Kuwait | |
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The Gulf War and Its Aftermath | |
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The Madrid Peace Conference | |
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Background | |
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The Road to Madrid | |
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The Madrid Conference | |
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The Road to Peace | |
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Elections in Israel and New Directions in the Peace Talks | |
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Bilateral Talks at a Standstill | |
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The Hamas Threat to PLO Leadership | |
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The Issue of Jerusalem Emerges | |
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"Operation Accountability" | |
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Arafat's Role Questioned | |
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The September 1993 Israeli-PLO Accord | |
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Mutual Recognition | |
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The Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements | |
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Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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President Bush: The Start of Military Action | |
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Saddam Hussein: The Iraqi View | |
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Arafat to Rabin Recognizing Israel's Right to Exist | |
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Rabin to Arafat Recognizing the PLO | |
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Clinton Statement at Signing of Israel-PLO Accord | |
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Arafat Statement at Signing of Accord | |
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Rabin Statement at Signing of Accord | |
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The Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles | |
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The Peace Progresses | |
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The Gaza-Jericho Agreement Between Israel and the PLO | |
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Peace Between Jordan and Israel | |
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The Road to Oslo II | |
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Palestinian Violence Continues | |
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West Bank Settlers' Opposition | |
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Oslo II, or the Taba Accord | |
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The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin | |
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The Election of a Palestinian Legislative Council and Arafat as President | |
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Arafat and the Islamists | |
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The Syrian Track | |
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"Operation Grapes of Wrath" | |
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The PLO Votes to Amend the Covenant | |
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The Israeli Elections of May 1996 | |
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The Victory of Benjamin Netanyahu | |
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The Arab and Palestinian Response | |
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The Hasmonean Tunnel Incident | |
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Agreement on Hebron | |
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Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty | |
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The Taba Accord | |
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Eulogy for Late Prime Minister Rabin by King Hussein of Jordan | |
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Text of Understanding Between Israel and Lebanon | |
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Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron and Note for the Record | |
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Letter of U.S. Secretary of State to Israeli Prime Minister at Signing of Hebron Protocol | |
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Collapse of the Peace Process | |
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Peace Negotiations Stall | |
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Internal Problems in Israel | |
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The Wye River Memorandum | |
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The Death of King Hussein | |
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The Election of Ehud Barak | |
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The Sharm al-Sheikh Memorandum | |
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The Syrians-and Great Expectations | |
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The Talks Continue | |
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Lebanon | |
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Camp David II | |
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The Al-Aqsa Intifada and Collapse of the Peace Process | |
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The Election Victory of Ariel Sharon | |
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Wye River Memorandum | |
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UN Resolution 425 [On Lebanon] | |
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The Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum | |
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The Arab-Israeli Conflict in the Post-9/11 World | |
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Sharon Forms a New Coalition Government | |
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The Mitchell Report | |
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September 11, 2001, and the War on Terror | |
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United States Endorses Palestine as a State | |
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Israel Pronounces P.A. as an Entity that Supports Terror | |
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The Saudi Plan | |
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Israel Begins to Build a "Security Fence" | |
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The Quartet "Road Map" to Peace | |
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The Road Map Comes to a Dead End | |
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Sharon's Unilateral Gaza Withdrawal Plan | |
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Controversy over the Security Barrier and Targeted Killings | |
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Death of Yasser Arafat: Mahmoud Abbas Elected President of P.A. | |
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Evacuation Completed | |
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Conclusion | |
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Implications of Gaza Withdrawal | |
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Threat of Civil War in Israel Refuted | |
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Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | |
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The Cabinet Resolution Regarding the Disengagement Plan, June 6, 2004, as Published by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Changing Character of the Arab-Israeli Conflict | |
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Outstanding Issues in the Conflict | |
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Israel and the Palestinians | |
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Lebanon | |
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The Syrian Track | |
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Economic Issues | |
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Postscript: January 2006 | |
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Glossary | |
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Guide to Pronunciation | |
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Photo Credits | |
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Index | |