Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

List of figures

List of maps

Chronology

Who’s who

Maps

PART ONE BACKGROUND

1 THE ORIGINS OF THE ARAB–ISRAELI CONFLICT

Zionism and Arab Nationalism

The Impact of the First World War

British Policy and the Palestine Mandate

The Inter-war Period

The Impact of the Second World War

Partition

PART TWO WARS AND PEACE

2 THE 1948 WAR

The First Arab–Israeli War

The Palestinian Exodus

Peace Negotiations

3 THE 1956 SUEZ–SINAI CAMPAIGN

The 1952 Egyptian Coup

Israeli–Egyptian Tensions

The Israeli Foreign and Defence Policy Debate

British–French–Israeli Collaboration

The Results of the War

4 THE 1967 JUNE WAR

The Creation of the Palestine Liberation Organization

On the Brink of War

The Pre-emptive Strike

The Aftermath of the War

5 THE 1973 OCTOBER WAR

The War of Attrition

The Palestinian Revival and Black September

Syro–Egyptian Plans for War

The ‘Surprise’ Attack

Consequences of the War

6 THE EGYPTIAN–ISRAELI PEACE PROCESS

Disengagement

The 1977 Likud Victory

The Camp David Accords

Implications of Peace

7 THE 1982 LEBANON WAR

The Lebanese Civil War

Limited Israeli Intervention

Operation Peace for Galilee

The Failures of Operation Peace for Galilee

The 1983 May 17th Agreement

Repercussions of the Invasion

8 THE INTIFADA

The PLO after 1982

The Intifada Israeli Reaction

The Creation of Hamas

PART THREE THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS

9 FROM MADRID TO THE SECOND INTIFADA:

ISRAELI–PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATIONS

The Madrid Conference and Framework for Peace

The Oslo Process, 1992–99

Palestinian Institutions and Society, 1996–99

The 2000 Camp David Summit

The Second Intifada Israel’s Response

Peace Initiatives, 2000–05

Assessing the Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

10 ISRAEL, JORDAN, SYRIA AND LEBANON, 1994–2015

Peace with Jordan

Negotiations with Syria, 1994–95

Lebanon First, 1996–99

Israeli–Syrian Negotiations, 1999–2000

Assessing the Syrian-Israeli Negotiations, 1991-2005

The 2006 Lebanon War

The Syrian Jihad

11 Gaza Wars 2006-2014

The 2005 Unilateral Withdrawal from Gaza

The 2006 Ascendance of Hamas

GazaWars: Operation Summer Rains and Autumn Clouds, June-November 2006

The Battle of Gaza and the Blockade of Gaza

Gaza Wars: Operation Cast Lead, December 2008-January 2009

Gaza Wars: Operation Pillar of Defence, November 2012

Gaza Wars: Operation Protective Edge, July 2014

Making Sense of the Gaza Wars

PART FOUR ASSESSMENT

12

Understanding the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Patterns, Dynamics, Evolution and Conflict Resolution

PART FIVE DOCUMENTS

1 From The Jewish State2 From ;The Iron Wall’

3 From theHussein–McMahon Correspondence

4 The Balfour Declaration: 2 November 1917

5 From the Sykes–Picot Agreement

6 From the Recommendations of the Peel Commission July 1937

7 From the MacDonald White Paper: 17 May 1939

8 Plan D: 10 March 1948

From the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel: 14 May 1948

10 From the Cabinet Discussions on the Czech Arms Deal: 4 October 1955

11 The Sevres Protocol: 24 October 1956

12 From the National Covenant of the Palestine Liberation Organization

13 UNSC Resolution 242: 22 November 1967

14 From the Khartoum Summit: 1 September 1967

15 UNSC Resolution 338: 22 October 1973

16 From Sadat’s Announcement to the Egyptian National Assembly:
9 November 1977

17 From the Camp David Accords: 17 September 1978

18 From the Reagan Fresh Start Initiative: 1 September 1982

19 From the Fez Peace Plan: 9 September 1982

20 From the Israel–Lebanon Agreement: 17 May 1983

21 The Amman Agreement, or Hussein–Arafat Accord: 11 February 1985

22 Jordan Relinquishes its Claim to the West Bank: 31 July 1988

23 From the Hamas Charter: 18 August 1988

24 Palestinian Declaration of Independence: 15 November 1988

25 Madrid Conference Letter of Invitation: 18 October 1991

26 From the Declaration of Principles: 9 September 1993

27 Israeli–Jordanian Peace Agreement: 26 October 1994

28 A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State
Solution to the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict

29 From the 2014 Gaza Ceasefire Agreement

Glossary

FURTHER READING

REFERENCES

INDEX

About the Author

Kirsten E. Schulze is Associate Professor in International History at the London School of Economics. Her recent publications include The International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond (2014, 3rd edition, co-authored with Antony Best, Jussi Hanhimäki and Joseph A. Maiolo) and The Jews of Lebanon: Between Coexistence and Conflict (2008, 2nd edition), as well as articles on Israeli–Lebanese relations in the 1950s, Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon and the al-Aqsa Intifada.

Reviews

"Kirsten Schulze has produced a comprehensive and concise account that is highly recommended. The Arab-Israeli Conflict provides a sweeping overview from the origins of Zionism and Arab nationalism to Israel’s 2014 invasion of Gaza and the stalled peace process. Written in an engaging and accessible style with maps, key documents, and a glossary of terms, it is an ideal text for introductory and advanced undergraduate courses."Osamah Khalil, Syracuse University, USA"Complete with appropriately selected documents, maps, a chronology and a handy who’s who guide, Kirsten Schulze has delivered a comprehensive yet precise, balanced and digestible guide to the history of the Arab-Israeli Conflict from the rise of Zionism to the rise and fall of the peace process as well as more recent conflagrations. Essential reading for students of history, politics, Middle Eastern Studies and conflict resolution."Simon Waldman, King’s College London, UK