The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Author's acknowledgements p. xi Publisher's acknowledgements p. xii Chronology p. xiii Who's who p. xxi Glossary p. xxvi Maps p. xxxi Part 1 Background p. 1 1 The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict p. 3 Zionism and Arab Nationalism p. 3 The Impact of the First World War p. 5 British Policy and the Palestine Mandate p. 6 The Inter-war Period p. 7 The Impact of the Second World War p. 9 The British Withdrawal from Palestine p. 11 Part 2 Wars and Peace p. 13 2 The 1948 War p. 15 The First Arab-Israeli War p. 15 The Palestinian Refugee Problem p. 17 Peace Negotiations p. 19 3 The 1956 Suez-Sinai Campaign p. 22 The 1952 Egyptian Coup p. 22 Israeli-Egyptian Tensions p. 23 The Israeli Foreign and Defence Policy Debate p. 25 British-French-Israeli Collaboration p. 26 The Results of the War p. 30 4 The 1967 Six Day War p. 32 The Creation of the Palestine Liberation Organization p. 33 On the Brink of War p. 34 The Six Day War p. 36 The Aftermath of the War p. 37 5 The 1973 October War p. 39 The War of Attrition p. 39 The Palestinian Revival and Black September p. 40 Syro-Egyptian Plans for War p. 41 The 'Surprise' Attack p. 43 Consequences of the War p. 45 6 The Egyptian-Israeli Peace Process p. 47 Disengagement p. 47 The 1977 Likud Victory p. 49 The Camp David Accords p. 52 Implications of Peace p. 53 7 The 1982 Lebanon War p. 55 The Lebanese Civil War p. 55 Limited Israeli Intervention p. 56 Operation Peace for Galilee p. 57 The Failures of Operation Peace for Galilee p. 59 The 1983 May 17th Agreement p. 60 Repercussions of the Invasion p. 61 8 The Intifada p. 64 The PLO after 1982 p. 64 The Intifada p. 67 Israeli Reaction p. 69 The Creation of Hamas p. 72 Part 3 The Middle East Peace Process p. 75 9 From Madrid to the Second Intifada: Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations p. 77 The Madrid Conference and Framework for Peace p. 77 The Oslo Process, 1992-99 p. 78 Palestinian Institutions and Society, 1996-99 p. 80 The 2000 Camp David Summit p. 82 The Second Intifada p. 83 Israel's Response p. 85 Peace Initiatives, 2000-07 p. 88 Whither the Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations? p. 90 10 Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, 1994-2007 p. 93 Peace with Jordan p. 93 Negotiations with Syria, 1994-95 p. 94 Lebanon First, 1996-99 p. 96 Israeli-Syrian Negotiations, 1999-2000 p. 97 The 2006 Lebanon War p. 99 Whither the Syrian-Israeli Negotiations? p. 101 Part 4 Assessment p. 105 11 Towards Conflict Resolution p. 107 Part 5 Documents p. 113 1 From the Hussein-McMahon Correspondence p. 114 2 The Balfour Declaration: 2 November 1917 p. 114 3 From the Sykes-Picot Agreement p. 115 4 From the Recommendations of the Peel Commission July 1937 p. 115 5 From the MacDonald White Paper: 17 May 1939 p. 116 6 Plan D: 10 March 1948 p. 117 7 From the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel: 14 May 1948 p. 122 8 From the Cabinet Discussions on the Czech Arms Deal: 4 October 1955 p. 122 9 The Sevres Protocol: 24 October 1956 p. 123 10 From the National Covenant of the Palestine Liberation Organization p. 124 11 UNSC Resolution 242: 22 November 1967 p. 126 12 From the Khartoum Summit: 1 September 1967 p. 127 13 UNSC Resolution 338: 22 October 1973 p. 128 14 From Sadat's Announcement to the Egyptian National Assembly: 9 November 1977 p. 128 15 From the Camp David Accords: 17 September 1978 p. 129 16 From the Reagan Fresh Start Initiative: 1 September 1982 p. 130 17 From the Fez Peace Plan: 9 September 1982 p. 131 18 From the Israel-Lebanon Agreement: 17 May 1983 p. 132 19 The Amman Agreement, or Hussein-Arafat Accord: 11 February 1985 p. 133 20 Jordan Relinquishes its Claim to the West Bank: 31 July 1988 p. 134 21 From the Hamas Charter: 18 August 1988 p. 134 22 Palestinian Declaration of Independence: 15 November 1988 p. 135 23 Madrid Conference Letter of Invitation: 18 October 1991 p. 137 24 From the Declaration of Principles: 9 September 1993 p. 138 25 A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict p. 139 26 Israeli-Jordanian Peace Agreement: 26 October 1994 p. 145 Further Reading p. 149 References p. 155 Index p. 167.