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Title

Palestine/Israel : the long conflict / James Ciment.

Author

Ciment, James.

Publication

New York NY : Facts on File, c1997.

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Description

xii, 244 p. : maps; 24 cm.

Summary

The transformation of Palestine into Israel, and the Palestinians' resistance to it, is the subject of this book. After a brief account of earlier times, James Ciment gives a clear and dispassionate reading of the historical forces and events of the 19th and 20th centuries, from the decline of the Ottomans to the current "peace process," that have resulted in the divided and often violent Palestine/Israel of today. He outlines demographic, social, economic and political profiles of the two communities; traces the evolution of their values and institutions, separately and together, over the last century; and examines the character and motivation of their leaders and the nature of their present-day politics. Finally, he considers their choices for the future. The author shows why compromise is especially difficult in this conflict, and why compromise is the only means by which the irreducible issues at its heart may be addressed. Even here, the author points out, there are choices to be made; no consequence need be inevitable.

Series Statement

Conflict and crisis in the post-cold war world

Uniform Title

Conflict and crisis in the post-cold war world.

Subject

• Arab-Israeli conflict
• Palestinian Arabs > Politics and government
• Israel > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-234) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Israel and Palestine under Netanyahu and Arafat -- Profile of Israel and Palestine -- Participants -- Issues -- Tactics -- Negotiations -- History of Palestine/Israel: Ancient Origins -- Competing Nationalisms -- British in Palestine -- Israel's independence and the Nakhba -- Quiescent years -- Rise of the PLO and the 1967 War -- Occupation under Labor and Likud -- Intifada -- Labor's return and the Oslo Accords -- History of Palestine/Israel and the Arab World: Arab civilization and nationalism -- European empires and the first Arab-Israeli war -- Rise of Nasser and the 1967 War -- 1973 War and the Rise of OPEC -- Camp David Accords and the War in Lebanon -- Arab diplomacy and Palestinian nationalism -- Gulf War and its aftermath -- Palestinians: Palestinian people -- Palestinian organizations (Secular) -- Palestinian organizations (Islamist) -- Jews of Israel -- Israeli people -- Israeli government -- Parties and political leadership -- Issues, tactics and negotiations -- Political issues -- Economic issues -- Securuty issues -- Tactics -- Negotiations -- Update: From Oslo to Cairo -- Gaza/Jericho first; peace between Jordan and Israel -- PNA Expansion and Rabin's assassination -- Election year -- Netanyahu Era -- Israel and Palestine into the 21st Century.

ISBN

• 0816035261
• 9780816035267

LCCN

^^^96048371^

OCLC

36029672

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library