Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Essential Reference Guide

412 Pages·2014·8.54 MB·English

by  Priscilla Roberts

Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Arab-Israeli Conflict
THE ESSENTIAL REFERENCE GUIDE
Priscilla Roberts, Editor
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Roberts, Priscilla Mary.
Arab-Israeli conflict : the essential reference guide / Priscilla Roberts, Editor.
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Contents
Overview of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, xi Hezbollah, 72
Causes of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, xxix Intifada, First, 77
Consequences of the Arab-Israeli Intifada, Second, 80
Conflict, xxxi
Iran, 84
Iraq, 89
REFERENCE ENTRIES
Israel, 94
Abbas, Mahmoud, 1
Israeli War of Independence,
Al Jazeera, 3
Overview, 104
Al Qaeda, 6
Jordan, 111
Algeria, 11
Kuwait, 117
Arab League, 14
Lebanon, 121
Arab Spring, 17
Libya, 127
Arab-Jewish Communal War, 21
Meir, Golda, 131
Arafat, Yasser, 26
Morocco, 133
Begin, Menachem, 31
Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 137
Ben-Gurion, David, 34
Oslo Accords, 141
Camp David Accords, 37
Palestine Liberation Organization, 145
Egypt, 41
Palestinian Authority, 151
European Union and the Arab- Israeli
Conflict, 52 Persian Gulf War, 157
Fayyad, Salam, 59 Rabin, Yitzhak, 161
Gaza Strip, 61 Sadat, Anwar, 165
Hamas, 67 Saudi Arabia, 167
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viii | Contents
Sharon, Ariel, 172 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty, March 26,
1979, 277
Six-Day War, 175
Yasser Arafat, Declaration on
Soviet Union and Russia, Middle East
Terrorism [Excerpt], November 7,
Policy, 183
1985, 279
Suez Crisis, 193
Program of Hezbollah [Excerpt],
Syria, 200 February 16, 1986, 280
Tunisia, 207 Communiqué of the Intifada, January
8, 1988, 282
United Kingdom, Middle East Policy, 211
Hamas Charter, Defining the Hamas
United Nations, Role of, 220
Movement [Excerpt], August 18, 1988, 284
United States, Middle East Policy, 230
James A. Baker, Five-Point Peace
Yemen, 239 Plan, October 10, 1989, 286
Yom Kippur War, 242 Oslo Declaration of Principles
[Excerpt], September 13, 1993, 286
Zionism, 253
Yitzhak Rabin’s Last Speech, Peace
PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS Rally, Kings of Israel Square, Tel
Aviv, November 4, 1995, 289
Balfour Declaration, 1917, 259
Wye River Memorandum [Excerpt],
United Nations General Assembly
October 23, 1998, 290
Resolution 181, Future Government
of Palestine [Excerpt], November 29, Quartet Joint Statement, July 16,
1947, 259 2002, 292
The Declaration of the Establishment Road Map to Peace, April 30, 2003, 294
of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948, 264
Mahmoud Abbas, Inaugural Speech
U.S. Recognition of Israel, May 14, as President of the Palestinian
1948, 266 Authority [Excerpt], January 15,
2005, 300
Arab League Statement, May 15,
1948, 267 Ariel Sharon, Speech at the United
Nations Assembly [Excerpt],
Palestine Liberation Organization,
September 15, 2005, 301
Draft Constitution [Excerpt], 1963, 270
President Barack Obama, Address at
United Nations Security Council
Cairo University, June 4, 2009, 303
Resolution 242, November 22, 1967, 272
Palestinian National Authority,
United Nations Security Council
“Palestine: Ending the Occupation,
Resolution 338, October 22, 1973, 273
Establishing the State,” Program of
Framework for Peace in the Middle the Thirteenth Government, August
East, September 17, 1978, 273 23, 2009, 305
Contents | ix
APPENDIX: HISTORICAL DILEMMAS IN THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT
A Right to Palestine, 311
U.S. Support of Israel, 317
Military Maneuvers, 321
Chronology, 325
Selected Bibliography, 353
List of Contributors, 363
About the Editor, 365
Index, 367