A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Ian J. Bickerton is an Honorary Associate Professor of History at the University of New South Wales, Australia. His publications include The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East (2015), The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Guide for the Perplexed (2012), and A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 7th edition (2015, with Carla Klausner).Carla L. Klausner is a Curator's Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA. Her publications include The Seljuk Vezirate: A Study of Civil Administration, 1055-1194 (1973), From Destruction to Rebirth: The Holocaust and the State of Israel (1978, with Joseph Schultz), and A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict,7th edition (2015, with Ian Bickerton).

Comprehensive and analytical, A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict presents a balanced and impartial overview of this centuries-old struggle. The authors examine the issues and themes that have characterized and defined the conflict over the course of its history, bringing the coverage up to date with a twenty-first- century perspective. Fully revised throughout, this eighth edition contains: New and extensive coverage of the developments in the conflict since 2014 Updated Suggested Readings and the incorporation of recent scholarship An additional selection of primary source documents New maps and illustrations. Taking a clear and chronological approach to this complex subject, this book explores recent events in the Middle East in the context of their longer-term history. Illustrated throughout with numerous photographs, maps, tables, and chronologies for each chapter, together with extensive relevant and up-to-date documentary sources and a glossary of key terms, it is the ideal textbook for all students of the history of the modern Middle East.

List of figures
List of tables and charts
List of maps
List of documents
Preface to the seventh edition
Preface to the eighth edition

Introduction

1 - Palestine in the Nineteenth Century
Palestine Under the Ottoman Empire
The Arabs of Palestine
Jews in Nineteenth-Century Palestine
The Birth of Modern Zionism
The Jewish and Arab Communities of Palestine on the Eve of World War I

2 - Palestine during the Mandate
The Hussein-McMahon Correspondence
The Sykes-Picot Agreement
The Balfour Declaration
Postwar Settlement
The Mandates
Land, Immigration, and White Papers

3 - World War II, Jewish Displaced Persons, and the Partition of Palestine
The Holocaust
Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust
The United States, American Jews, and Palestine to 1945
Palestine after World War II
The Displaced Persons and Palestine
Postwar British and American Policy
The Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry
The United States and the Partition Proposal
UNGA Approves the Partition of Palestine
Partition in Doubt

4 - The Proclamation of Israel and First Arab-Israeli War
Israel Declared and the War of 1948
The Palestinian Refugees
Israel: A Jewish State
The Arabs of Palestine: 1948
Conclusion

5 - The Conflict Widens: Suez, 1956
The Uncertain Years, 1949-1956
Israel and the Palestinians
Israel and the Arab States
Background to the 1956 War
The Suez Crisis

6 - The Turning Point: June 1967
Israel After 1956
The Arab States After 1956
The U.S.-Soviet Involvement: The Cold War and the Arms Race
Syria, the Palestinians, and the War of 1967
Recapitulation

7 - Holy Days and Holy War: October 1973
The Palestinians and the PLO After 1967
Diplomacy, the War of Attrition, and the Rogers Plan
Détente and the Role of the Superpowers
Egypt Prepares for War
The 1973 War and Its Aftermath
The Arab Embargo and the Oil Weapon

8 - The Search for Peace, 1973-1979
The Peace Process, 1973-1979
Water and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
The Camp David Accords

9 - Lebanon and the Intifada
Lebanon
The Intifada
The Superpowers and the Peace Process

10 - The Peace of the Brave
The End of the Cold War and the Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The Gulf War
The Madrid Peace Conference
The Road to Peace
` The September 1993 Israeli-PLO Accord

11 - The Peace Progresses
The Gaza-Jericho Agreement Between Israel and the PLO
Peace Between Jordan and Israel
The Road to Oslo II
The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
The Israeli Elections of May 1996

12 - Collapse of the Peace Process
Peace Negotiations Stall
Internal Problems in Israel
The Wye River Memorandum
The Death of King Hussein
The Election of Ehud Barak
The Sharm Al-Sheikh Memorandum
The Syrians - And Great Expectations
The Talks Continue
Lebanon
Camp David II
The Al-Aqsa Intifada and Collapse of the Peace Process
The Election Victory of Ariel Sharon

13 - The Arab-Israeli Conflict in the Post-9/11 World
Sharon's New Government Hardens Policy
September 11 and Its Aftermath
Sharon's Unilateral Gaza Withdrawal Plan
Controversy Over the Security Barrier and Targeted Killings
Death of Yasser Arafat; Mahmoud Abbas Elected President of P.A.
The Gaza Withdrawal

14 - Perilous Times: 2006-2009
Introduction
Sharon Suffers Stroke
Palestinian Elections and Hamas Victory
Kadima Wins Israeli Elections March 2006
Israeli-Hibullah Conflict, July 2006
Gaza and the Israeli-Palestinian Situation
Hamas Gains Control of the Gaza Strip, June 2007
The Annapolis Conference, November 2007
Olmert-Abbas Discussions
The Gaza War of 2008-2009
New Directions in U.S. Policy
The Goldstone Report
Israel Temporary Settlement Freeze

15 - Dramatic Events: 2010-2013
Introduction
Diplomatic Initiatives
The Arab Spring and Its Repercussions
Political Developments Among the Palestinian Factions and in Israel and Egypt
The November 2012 Israel-Gaza Clash

16 - The Contining Conflict and Outstanding Issues
2013-2017: Years of Increasing Turbulence and Uncertainty
Israel and the Palestinian Authority


Index