Israel / Palestine, 3rd EditionISBN: 978-0-7456-5611-3
Hardcover
280 pages
April 2012, Polity
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Preface
1 Introduction: Two Worlds Collide
Dispelling Myths
Defining the Conflict
The Setting: Ottoman Palestine
2 The Jewish Story
A Fossilized Relic?
The Theme of Persecution
"Come, Let Us Go"
Herzl and the Second Aliya
First Encounters
3 The Arab Story
The Glory of Islam
The Rise of the West
Palestine and Palestinism
First Encounters
The Debut of Arab Nationalism
4 The Emergence of Israel
The British Mandate
A Mischievous Pretence?
Holocaust and Partition
The War of Independence/An-Naqba:
The Second Stage of the Conflict
Nasser and Nationalism
5 The Re-emergence of the Palestinians
The War that No One Wanted?
The Peculiar Legacy of 1967
The Decade of Sadat: Entering the Third Stage of the Conflict
The Lebanese Tangle
Shaking Things Up: The First Intifada
6 The First Pass at Peace
The Oslo Breakthrough
The Rocky Road to Peace
What Went Wrong?
The Roof Falls In
7 The Fourth Stage of the IsraeliÐPalestinian Conflict
The End of the Arafat Era
Israel Turns to Unilateralism
A Turning Point: Ideology Prevails
8 The Impasse that Remains
The End of the Two-State Solution?
Territory and Settlements
Jerusalem
Security Issues
Refugees
A General Prognosis
9 The Perfect Conflict
Right against Right?
A Practical Solution
Building Foundations: Extremists and Illusions
Reflections
Chronology
Further Reading
Internet Links
References
Index
