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The Palestine-Israel Conflict - Fourth Edition

The Palestine-Israel Conflict - Fourth Edition

Gregory Harms | Todd M. Ferry

(2017)

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Abstract

The Palestine-Israel conflict is the most notorious and ingrained conflict in living memory. Yet the way it is reported in the media is often confusing, leading many to falsely assume the hostilities stretch continuously back to an ancient period.

The Palestine-Israel Conflict provides a balanced, accessible, and annotated introduction that covers the full history of the region, from Biblical times until today. Perfect for the general reader, as well as students, it offers a comprehensive yet lucid rendering of the conflict, setting it in its proper historical context. This fourth edition brings us up to date, and includes recent events such as Israel's Operation Protective Edge, developments between Fatah and Hamas, ongoing Palestinian resistance, and the entirety of the Obama years.

This book cuts though the layers of confused and contradictory information on the subject, and will help clarify the ongoing conflict for its readers.
'This superior and remarkably thorough, if brief, study of the Holy Land enigma is strongly recommended as an introduction'
CHOICE
'An approachable, balanced guide for the perplexed public'
Journal of Palestine Studies
'Gregory Harms has taken an enormously complex issue and made it engagingly accessible. An intelligent, thoughtful and comprehensive introduction to a terribly and consistently misunderstood conflict'
Sara Roy, Senior Research Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, and author of Failing Peace.
'A tour de force in the depth and breadth of its research and in its clarity'
Gabriel Kolko, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto and author of The Age of War

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Cover Cover
Contents vii
Maps ix
Acknowledgments xi
Preface to the Fourth Edition xiii
Introduction xvii
I: Regional History 1
1. Canaan-Palestine: Ancient History - Todd M. Ferry 3
2. Muhammad, Islam, and the Arab Empire 23
3. The Crusades to the Ottoman Empire 35
II: Origins 45
4. Jewish Persecution and Zionism 47
5. Palestine 57
6. The Genesis of Conflict: Across Two World Wars 65
III: Conflict 85
7. Partition, Israeli Statehood, and the Six-Day War: 1947-1967 87
8. The Continuation of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: 1967-Lebanon 1982 117
9. The First Intifada and the Peace Process 141
10. The Second Intifada, Gaza, and the Obama Years: 2000-2016 168
Conclusion 210
Appendices 215
1. Chronology 217
2. Israel's Prime Ministers 220
3. General Data: Israel, Palestine 221
Notes to the Text 223
Suggested Reading 256
Select Bibliography 260
Index 264