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With characteristic rigor and readability, Avi Shlaim reflects on a rangeof key issues, transformations and personalities in the Israel-Palestineconflict. From the 1917 Balfour Declaration to the failure of the Oslo peaceprocess, from the 1948 War to the 2008 invasion of Gaza, Israel and Palestine places current events in their proper historical perspective. Shlaim assessesthe impact of key political and intellectual figures, including Yasir Arafatand Ariel Sharon, Edward Said and Benny Morris; he also re-examinesthe United Statesrs" influential role in the conflict, and explores the manymissed opportunities for peace and progress in the region. Unflinching andmeticulous, this is an essential tool for understanding the fractured historyand future prospects of Israel-Palestine.

Avi Shlaim is a Fellow of St. Anthony’s College and a professor of international relations at the University of Oxford. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2006. His books include Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace; War and Peace in the Middle East: A Concise History; The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World; and Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations. He lives in Oxford.

Introduction	p. ix
Chronology	p. xvii
Maps	p. xxii
1948 and After
The Balfour Declaration and its Consequences	p. 3
The Civil War in Palestine	p. 25
The Rise and Fall of the All-Palestine Government in Gaza	p. 37
Did They Leave or Were They Pushed?	p. 54
Husni Zaim and the Plan to Resettle Palestinian Refugees in Syria	p. 62
All the Difference	p. 77
Israel's Dirty War	p. 84
The Struggle for Jordan	p. 93
Abu Nidal, Abu Shmidal	p. 104
Sleepless Afternoons	p. 114
To Oslo and Beyond
The Face that Launched a Thousand MiGs	p. 123
Arab Nationalism and its Discontents	p. 128
Israel and the Gulf	p. 141
Changing Places: The Madrid Peace Conference	p. 152
Prelude to the Oslo Accord: Likud, Labour and the Palestinians	p. 168
The Rise and Fall of the Oslo Peace Process	p. 187
Woman of the Year	p. 210
Overtaken by Events	p. 224
The Likud in Power: The Historiography of Revisionist Zionism	p. 235
Capital Folly	p. 253
The Breakdown of the Peace Process
The Lost Steps	p. 263
George W. Bush and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict	p. 277
Ariel Sharon's War Against the Palestinians	p. 285
Palestine and Iraq	p. 296
Israel's War Against Hamas: Rhetoric and Reality	p. 307
Perspectives
His Royal Shyness: King Hussein and Israel	p. 321
Edward Said and the Palestine Question	p. 343
Four Days in Seville	p. 357
Benny Morris and the Betrayal of History	p. 361
Free Speech? Not for Critics of Israel	p. 366
Notes	p. 373
Acknowledgements	p. 381
Index	p. 383
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