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This concise and comprehensive book presents a balanced, impartial, and well-illustrated coverage of the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

The book uses a chronological framework while providing essential information on both sides of the religious, ethnic, and ideological background of the conflict. It explains the critical issues, including Great Powers rivalries, causes and results of the major wars, the rise of Palestinian nationalism, the Israeli-occupied territories, and the Intifada. This third edition has been revised to include a new chapter with the most up-to-date assessment of the situation, reflecting the impact of the 1996 Israeli elections.

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Tables, Charts, and Maps	p. xiii
Documents	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Defining the Question	p. 4
Who Are the Arabs and Jews?	p. 4
The Religious Dimension: Judaism and Islam	p. 6
The Task of the Historian	p. 11
The Landscape of Palestine	p. 11
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 15
Palestine in the Nineteenth Century	p. 16
Palestine under the Ottoman Empire	p. 17
The Arabs of Palestine	p. 19
Jews in Nineteenth-Century Palestine	p. 20
The Birth of Modern Zionism	p. 21
The Jewish and Arab Communities of Palestine on the Eve of World War I	p. 28
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 30
Palestine During the Mandate	p. 36
The Hussein-McMahon Correspondence	p. 37
The Sykes-Picot Agreement	p. 39
The Balfour Declaration	p. 41
Postwar Settlement	p. 42
The Mandates	p. 44
Land, Immigration, and White Papers	p. 49
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 57
World War II, Jewish Displaced Persons, and the Partition of Palestine	p. 68
The Holocaust	p. 70
Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust	p. 72
The United States, American Jews, and Palestine to 1945	p. 73
Palestine after World War II	p. 76
The Displaced Persons and Palestine	p. 76
Postwar British and American Policy	p. 78
The Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry	p. 79
Palestine before the United Nations	p. 83
UNSCOP Majority Report	p. 84
The United States and the Partition Proposal	p. 85
UNGA Approves the Partition of Palestine	p. 86
Arab and Jewish Response to the UN Partition Resolution	p. 87
Partition in Doubt	p. 90
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 92
The Proclamation of Israel and the First Arab-Israeli War	p. 100
Israel Declared and the War of 1948	p. 101
The Palestinian Refugees	p. 104
Israel: A Jewish State	p. 106
The Arabs of Palestine: 1948	p. 110
Conclusion	p. 112
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 113
The Conflict Widens: Suez, 1956	p. 116
The Uncertain Years, 1949-1956	p. 117
Israel and the Palestinians	p. 117
Israel and the Arab States	p. 120
Background to the 1956 War	p. 121
The Baghdad Pact, 1955	p. 124
The Suez Crisis	p. 126
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 132
The Turning Point: June 1967	p. 137
Israel after 1956	p. 138
The Arabs after 1956	p. 140
U.S.-Soviet Involvement: The Cold War and the Arms Race	p. 141
Syria, the Palestinians, and the War of 1967	p. 144
Recapitulation	p. 154
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 155
Holy Days and Holy War: October 1973	p. 160
The Palestinians and the PLO after 1967	p. 162
Diplomacy, the War of Attrition, and the Rogers Plan	p. 168
Detente and the Role of the Superpowers	p. 170
Egypt Prepares for War	p. 171
The 1973 War and Its Aftermath	p. 174
The Arab Embargo and the Oil Weapon	p. 176
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 178
The Search for Peace, 1973-1979	p. 183
The Peace Process, 1973-1979	p. 184
Water and the Arab-Israeli Conflict	p. 192
The Camp David Accords	p. 193
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 199
Lebanon and the Intifada	p. 210
Lebanon	p. 211
The Intifada	p. 224
The Superpowers and the Peace Process	p. 234
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 236
The Peace of the Brave	p. 244
The End of the Cold War and the Dissolution of the Soviet Union	p. 245
The Gulf War	p. 245
The Madrid Peace Conference	p. 250
The Road to Peace	p. 255
The September 1993 Israeli-PLO Accord	p. 262
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 266
The Peace Progresses	p. 280
The Gaza-Jericho Agreement between Israel and the PLO	p. 281
Peace between Jordan and Israel	p. 282
The Road to Oslo II	p. 284
The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin	p. 286
The Israeli Elections of May 1996	p. 295
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 301
Collapse of the Peace Process	p. 313
Peace Negotiations Stall	p. 314
Internal Problems In Israel	p. 315
The Wye River Memorandum	p. 317
The Death of King Hussein	p. 321
The Election of Ehud Barak	p. 321
The Sharm al-Sheikh Memorandum	p. 324
The Syrians--and Great Expectations	p. 327
The Talks Continue	p. 331
Lebanon	p. 333
Camp David II	p. 337
The al-Aqsa Intifada and Collapse of the Peace Process	p. 339
The Election Victory of Ariel Sharon	p. 343
Conclusion	p. 352
The Changing Character of the Arab-Israeli Conflict	p. 352
Outstanding Issues in the Conflict	p. 354
Glossary	p. 361
Guide to Pronunciation	p. 365
Photo Credits	p. 366
Index	p. 367
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