Arab-Israeli Conflict

The Arab–Israeli conflict remains one of the longest-running disputes in modern world politics and the search for a lasting peace remains as elusive as ever. The series of wars and disputes starting in 1948 after the arrival of Zionist settlers in Palestine and the creation of the new state of Israel have primarily been about territory, but a number of other issues have exacerbated and prolonged the conflict. Externally, these include superpower rivalry and interventions in the region by Western industrial powers to secure access to the Middle East’s huge oil reserves. Internally, issues such as religious animosities, militarized polities, and the traumas of rapid modernization and development, have all contributed to regional instability. Attempts at resolving the conflict have included a number of agreements between Palestinians and Israelis, on the one hand, and between Israel and her neighbouring states (Egypt and Jordan), on the other. Although the Oslo Accords of 1993 between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization established a framework for the partial decolonization of territories occupied in 1967, many thorny issues remain unresolved. Understanding the evolution and unfolding of the Arab–Israeli conflict provides crucial insights into the nature of the local, national, and international politics of the region, and offers vital indications of possible future developments. Moreover, the world crisis following the events of 11 September 2001 underscores the growing need to comprehend and resolve this conflict. The study of the conflict has generated a huge body of literature, some of it factual and evidence-based, some more polemical and provocative. In all cases there is a wide and divergent range of views. An important tool in understanding the conflict and the emotions it generates is to become familiar with such different perspectives and interpretations, and this new four-volume collection from Routledge provides an overview of both the principal topics and the various approaches to the conflict. With a full index, together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, The Arab–Israeli Conflict is an essential work of reference. It is destined to be valued by scholars, students, and researchers of Middle East Studies, Politics, and International Relations as a vital research resource.

Volume I: 1917–67 Part 1: Precursor to Partition 1. W. F. Abboushi, ‘The Road to Rebellion: Arab Palestine in the 1930s’, Journal of Palestine Studies, 6, 3, 1977, 23–46. 2. J. M. N. Jeffries, ‘The Balfour Declaration’, in Ian S. Lustick (ed.), Arab–Israeli Relations: Historical Background and Origins of the Conflict, Vol. I (Garland, 1994), pp. 215–29. 3. W. T. Mallisson Jr, ‘The Zionist–Israel Juridical Claims to Constitute "The Jewish People" Nationality Entity and to Confer Membership in it: Appraisal in Public International Law’, George Washington Law Review, 32, 5, 1964, 983–1075. 4. Oded Kaplan and Jacob Metzer, ‘Jointly But Severally: Arab Jewish Dualism and Economic Growth in Mandatory Palestine’, The Journal of Economic History, 45, 2, 1985, 327–45. 5. John Reudy, ‘Dynamics of Land Alienation’, in Ibrahim Abu-Lughod (ed.), The Transformation of Palestine, 2nd edn. (Northwestern University Press, 1987), pp. 119–39. 6. Abraham Granott, ‘The Strategy of Land Acquisition’, in Walid Khalid (ed.), From Haven to Conquest: Readings in Zionism and the Palestine Problem until 1948 (Institute for Palestine Studies, 1971), pp. 389–98. 7. Yehoshua Porath, ‘The Political Organization of the Palestinian Arabs Under the British Mandate’, in Moshe Ma’oz (ed.), Palestinian Arab Politics (Jerusalem Academic Press, 1975), pp. 1–20. 8. Michael Adams, ‘What Went Wrong in Palestine?’, Journal of Palestine Studies, 18, 1, 1988, 71–82. Part 2: Conflicting Narratives on the Origins of the Conflict 9. Benny Morris, ‘Response to Finkelstein and Masalha’, Journal of Palestine Studies, 21, 1, 1991, 98–114. 10. Norman Finkelstein, ‘Rejoinder to Benny Morris’, Journal of Palestine Studies, 21, 2, 1995, 61–71. 11. Shabtai Teveth, ‘The Palestine Arab Refugee Problem and its Origins’, Middle Eastern Studies, 26, 2, 1990, 214–19. 12. Edward Said, ‘Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question’, Race & Class, 29, 3, 1988, 23–39. 13. Ilan Pappe, ‘Post-Zionist Critique on Israel and the Palestinians Part I: The Academic Debate’, Journal of Palestine Studies, 26, 2, 1997, 29–41. 14. M. Golani, ‘The "Haifa Turning Point": The British Administration and the Civil War in Palestine, December 1947–May 1948’, Middle Eastern Studies, 37, 2, 2001, 93–130. Part 3: Transformation of Palestine 15. J. Abu-Lughod, ‘The Demographic Transformation of Palestine’, in Ibrahim Abu-Lughod (ed.), The Transformation of Palestine, 2nd edn. (Northwestern University Press, 1987), pp. 139–63. 16. Sabri Jiryis, ‘The Legal Structure for the Expropriation and Absorption of Arab Lands in Israel’, Journal of Palestine Studies, 2, 4, 1973, 82–104. 17. Avi Shlaim, ‘The Rise and Fall of the All-Palestine Government in Gaza’, Journal of Palestine Studies, 20, 1, 1990, 37–53. 18. Arnon Soffer, ‘Demography and the Shaping of Israel’s Borders’, Contemporary Jewry, 10, 2, 1989, 91–105. Part 4: Resistance 19. Hisham Sharabi, ‘Palestine Guerrillas: Their Credibility and Effectiveness’, Supplementary Papers from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University Washington DC (Garland Publishing, 1970), pp. 19–53. 20. Michael Hudson, ‘The Palestinian Arab Resistance Movement: Its Significance in Middle East Crisis’, Middle East Journal, 23, 3, 1969, 291–307. 21. Michael B. Oren, ‘Escalation to Suez: The Egypt–Israel Border War, 1949–56’, Journal of Contemporary History, 24, 2, 1989, 347–73. Volume II: 1967–91 Part 5: Impact of the Occupation 22. Meir Shamgar, ‘The Observance of International Law in the Administered Territories’, Israel Yearbook on Human Rights, 1, 1971, 263–90. 23. Yoram Peri, ‘From Political Nationalism to Ethno-Nationalism: The Case of Israel’, in Yehuda Lukacs and Abdalla M. Battah (eds.), The Arab–Israeli Conflict: Two Decades of Change (Westview Press, 1988), pp. 41–53. 24. Ibrahim Dakkak, ‘Back To Square One: A Study in the Re-Emergence of the Palestinian Identity in the West Bank 1967-1980’, in Alexander Schölch (ed.), Palestinians Over the Green Line (Ithaca Press, 1983), pp. 64–101. 25. Salim Tamari, ‘Revolt of the Petite Bourgeoisie: Urban Merchants and the Palestinian Uprising’, in Michael C. Hudson (ed.), The Palestinians: New Directions (Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, 1990), pp. 24–43.26. George T. Abed, ‘The Economic Viability of a Palestinian State’, Journal of Palestine Studies, 19, 2, 1990, 3–28. 27. Ian Lustick, ‘Israel and the West Bank after Elon Moreh: The Mechanics of De Facto Annexation’, Middle East Journal, 35, 4, 1981, 557–77. 28. Sara Roy, ‘The Gaza-Strip: A Case of Economic De-Development’, Journal of Palestine Studies, 17, 1, 1987, 56–88. 29. R. Shehadeh, ‘Occupier’s Law and the Uprising’, Journal of Palestine Studies, 17, 3, 1988, 24–37. Part 6: Transformation of Israel 30. Efraim Inbar, ‘Israeli National Security, 1973–96’, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 555, 1998, 62–81. 31. Baruch Kimmerling, ‘Patterns of Militarism in Israel’, Archives Europeennes De Sociologie, 34, 2, 1993, 196–223. 32. Sammy Smooha, ‘Minority Status in an Ethnic Democracy: The Status of the Arab Minority in Israel’, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 13, 3, 1990, 389–413. 33. Ehud Sprinzak, ‘The Emergence of the Israeli Radical Right’, Comparative Politics, 21, 2, 1989, 171–92. 34. Dan Avni-Segre, ‘Israel: A Society in Transition’, World Politics, 21, 3, 1969, 345–65. Part 7: Strategic and Regional Developments (1967–91) 35. Michael Hudson, ‘The Palestinian Factor in Lebanese Civil War’, Middle East Journal, 32, 3, 1978, 261–78. 36. Rashid Khalidi, ‘The Palestinian Dilemma: PLO Policy after Lebanon’, Journal of Palestine Studies, 15, 1, 1985, 88–103. 37. Aaron David Miller, ‘The Arab–Israeli Conflict, 1967–1987: A Retrospective’, Middle East Journal, 41, 3, 1987, 349–60. 38. Muhammad Muslih, ‘The Golan: Israel, Syria and Strategic Calculations’, Middle East Journal, 47, 4, 1993, 611–32. 39. Itamar Rabinovich, ‘Israel, Syria, and Lebanon’, International Journal, 45, 3, 1990, 529–52. Volume III Part 8: Zionism 40. Herbert Kelman, ‘Israel in Transition from Zionism to Post-Zionism’, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 555, 1998, 46–61. 41. Baruch Kimmerling, ‘Change and Continuity in Zionist Territorial Orientations and Politics’, Comparative Politics, 14, 2, 1982, 191–210. 42. Ella Shohat, ‘Sephardim in Israel: Zionism from the Standpoint of Its Jewish Victims’, Social Text, 19/20, 1988, 1–35. Part 9: Arabism and Palestinian Nationalism 43. Nur Masalha, ‘Faisal Pan-Arabism, 1921–33’, Middle Eastern Studies, 27, 4, 1991, 679–93. 44. Rashid Khalidi, ‘Arab Nationalism: Historical Problems in the Literature’, American Historical Review, 96, 5, 1991, 1363–73. 45. Helga Baumgarten, ‘The Three Faces/Phases of Palestinian Nationalism, 1948–2005’, Journal of Palestine Studies, 34, 4, 2005, 25–48. Part 10: State Building, Civil Society, and Gender 46. Peter Gubser, ‘The Impact of NGOs on State and Non-State Relations in the Middle East’, Middle East Policy, 9, 1, 2002, 139–48. 47. Yossi Shain and Gary Sussman, ‘From Occupation to State-building: Palestinian Political Society Meets Palestinian Civil Society’, Government Opposition, 33, 3, 1998, 275–306. 48. Roberta Micallef, ‘Israeli and Palestinian Women's Peace Movements’, in Elizabeth Warnock Fernea and Mary Evelyn Hocking (eds.), The Struggle for Peace: Israelis and Palestinians (University of Texas Press, 1992), pp. 237–44. 49. Penny Johnson and Eileen Kuttab, ‘Where Have All the Women (and Men) Gone? Reflections on Gender and the Second Palestinian Intifada’, Feminist Review, 69, 1, 2001, 21–43. Part 11: Refugees 50. Rex Brynen, ‘Perspectives on Palestinian Repatriation’, in Michael Dumper (ed.), Palestinian Refugee Repatriation: Global Perspectives (Routledge, 2006), pp. 63–86. 51. Elia Zureik, ‘Palestinian Refugees and Peace’, Journal of Palestine Studies, 24, 1, 1994, 5–17. 52. Shlomo Gazit, ‘Solving the Refugee Problem: An Israeli Point of V

Michael Dumper is Associate Professor in Middle East Politics, University of Exeter