Israel in the Middle East : documents and readings on society, politics, and foreign relations, pre-1948 to the present / edited by Itamar Rabinovich and Jehuda Reinharz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rabinovich, Itamar, 1942-

Reinharz, Jehuda.

Series:

Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)

The Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Israel--History--Sources.

Israel.

Physical Description:

xx, 626 pages ; 26 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press ; Hanover : Published by University Press of New England, [2008]

Summary:

An anthology of the most important documents on the domestic and foreign policy of the modern state of Israel, in relation to the rest of the Middle East

Contents:

Zionism and the Mandate, 1882-1948 Timeline

Manifesto, Summer 1882 - Bilu

Auto-Emancipation, October 17, 1882 / Leon Pinsker Pinsker, Leon

A Solution of the Jewish Question, January 17, 1896 / Theodor Herzl Herzl, Theodor

The Basle Program, August 31, 1897 - First Zionist Congress

The First Zionist Congress, August-September 1897 / Ahad Ha'am Ha'am, Ahad

The Collective, 1904-1909: Memoir Manya Shochat

Balfour Declaration, November 2, 1917 - Lord Balfour, for the British Cabinet

Zionist Manifesto, December 21, 1917 - London Bureau of the Zionist Organization

Palestine White Paper, June 3, 1922 - Winston Churchill, for the British Government

Mandate for Palestine, July 24, 1922 Council of the League of Nations

The Iron Wall, November 4, 1923 Vladimir (Zeev) Jabotinsky

Report Conclusions, July 7, 1937 Peel Commission

The Arab Awakening, 1938 George Antonius

White Paper, May 17, 1939 Malcolm MacDonald, for the British Government

The Biltmore Program, May 11, 1942 Emergency Committee of Zionist Affairs

Charter, March 22, 1945 League of Arab States

Status-Quo Agreement, June 19, 1947 David Ben-Gurion, for the Jewish Agency Executive

Proposals to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine, July 23, 1947 - Ihud

Resolution 181, November 29, 1947 - United Nations General Assembly

Meeting of the National Administration and the Formation of a Provisional Government of Israel, May 12, 1948: Memoir Zeev Sharef

The New State of Israel, 1948-1956 - Timeline Domestic Issues

Proclamation of the State of Israel,May 14, 1948 - Jewish Agency Executive

The War of Independence, May 1948: Memoir David Ben-Gurion

First Ordinance of the State of Israel, May 19, 1948 Provisional Government of Israel

Ordinance on the Israel Defense Forces, May 26, 1948 Provisional Government of Israel

Declaration of a Provisional Palestinian Civil Administration, July 10, 1948 League of Arab States

Resolution 194, December 11, 1948 United Nations General Assembly

Jewish Religion and Israeli Democracy, 1948-1953: Memoir and Analysis / Isaac Olshan Olshan, Isaac

The Debate on a Constitution, February 1 and June 13, 1950 Israel First Knesset

The Law of Return, July 5, 1950 Israel First Knesset

The Absorption of Immigrants, August 1951 / Giora Josephtal Josephtal, Giora

The German Reparations, December 1951-March 1952: Memoir Nahum Goldmann

The Transformation of the Israeli Army, 1952-1955: Memoir Moshe Dayan

Memorandum on the Mishap in Egypt, October 1954 Benyamin Givli Foreign Policy Issues

The Jordanian-Israeli Negotiations, March 22-23, 1949: Memoir Abdullah al-Tal

Armistice Agreement between Syria and Israel, July 20, 1949

Report Conclusions, November 20, 1951 - United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

The Challenge of the Fedayeen, February-August 1955: Analysis Ehud Yaari

Israel's Foreign and Middle Eastern Policy, May 28, 1955 Moshe Sharett

The Clash with David Ben-Gurion over Defense Policies, July 31, 1955 Moshe Sharett

The Quest for Arms, 1948-1967: Memoir Shimon Peres

The Anderson Mission, January-March 1956: Memoir Yaacov Herzog

The Background to the Sinai Campaign, November 1956: Memoir Yaacov Herzog

Israel and the Jewish Diaspora, 1948-1959: Analysis Walter Eytan

From the Sinai Campaign to the Six-Day War, 1956-1967 Timeline

Domestic Issuess

The Development Town, 1956-1966: Analysis Emmanuel Marx

Social and Ethnic Tensions in Wadi Salib, 1959: Memoir David Ben-Gurion

The Capture of Adolf Eichmann, May 24 and August 8, 1960 / David Ben-Gurion Ben-Gurion, David

The Lavon Affair, 1961: Analysis J. L. Talmon

Jewish Religion and Israeli Nationality: The Brother Daniel Case, March 14, November 19, December 6, 1962 Israel Supreme Court

The Transition from David Ben-Gurion to Levi Eshkol, June 1963: Memoir Teddy Kollek

The Formation of a Center-Right-Wing Bloc, February-May 1965: Memoir Yohanan Bader

From "Israeli Arabs" to "Israel's Palestinian Citizens,"1948-1996: Analysis Itamar Rabinovich

Foreign Policy Issues

The Formulation of the Eisenhower Doctrine, January-March 1957 / Dwight David Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight David

David Ben-Gurion and the Policy of the Periphery, 1958: Analysis / Michael Bar-Zohar Bar-Zohar, Michael

David Ben-Gurion and Israel's Regional and International Position, 1958: Analysis / Michael Bar-Zohar Bar-Zohar, Michael

Israel's Beginnings in Africa, 1956-1973: Memoir / Ehud Avriel Avriel, Ehud

American Arms for Israel, 1960-1964: Memoir / Shimon Peres Peres, Shimon

The Arab Summit Conferences, May 31, 1965 / Gamal Abdul Nasser Nasser, Gamal Abdul

The Conflict with Israel, March 1966 / Syrian Ba'ath Party Party, Syrian Ba'ath

The Last Stages of the Crisis, May 1967: Memoir / Yitzhak Rabin Rabin, Yitzhak

The Nasser-Hussein Reconciliation, May 1967: Memoir / Zayd al-Rifa'i al-Rifa'i, Zayd

Years of Euphoria, 1967-1973 Timeline

Domestic Issues

Administering the West Bank, June 1967: Analysis / Shabtai Teveth Teveth, Shabtai

The Conflict between Moshe Dayan and Pinhas Sapir, 1968: Analysis / Shabtai Teveth Teveth, Shabtai

The Israeli Left, 1970: Analysis / Amnon Rubinstein Rubinstein, Amnon

The Black Panthers, 1971: Analysis / Lea Ben-Dor Ben-Dor, Lea

The Land-for-Peace Principle, June 19, 1967 - Government of Israel

The Soviet Union and the Six-Day War, June 19, 1967 / Alexei Kosygin Kosygin, Alexei

The Khartoum Resolutions, September 1, 1967 - Fourth Arab Summit Conference

Resolution 242, November 22, 1967 - United Nations Security Council

The Palestine National Charter, July 17, 1968 - Palestine Liberation Organization

The War of Attrition, 1968-1970: Memoir / Ezer Weizman Weizman, Ezer

The Jordanian Crisis, September 1970: Memoir / Yitzhak Rabin Rabin, Yitzhak

Political Program, January 12, 1973 - Palestine Liberation Organization

The Eve of the Yom Kippur War, Spring-Summer 1973: Memoir / Hanoch Bartov Bartov, Hanoch

The Turning Point in the Yom Kippur War, October 16, 1973 / David Elazar Elazar, David

The Yom Kippur War, October 1973: Analysis / Mordechai Gazit Gazit, Mordechai

War, Peace, and War Again, 1973-1982

Timeline

Interim Report, April 1, 1974 - Agranat Commission

The Protest Movements in the Aftermath of the Yom Kippur War, June 7, 1974 / Motti Ashkenazi Ashkenazi, Motti

Israel's Road to Feminism, 1973-2000: Analysis / Hanna Herzog Herzog, Hanna

Prospects for the New Government, May 19-20, 1977 / Menahem Begin Begin, Menahem

The Ideology of the National Religious Party, 1977: Analysis / Yehuda Ben-Meir Ben-Meir, Yehuda

Opinion Paper, January 1978 / Gush Emunim Emunim, Gush

A Soviet Jewish Intellectual Abroad, December 1978 / Simon Markish Markish, Simon

Manifesto, March 25, 1979 - National Committee for the Defense of Arab Lands

Platform, 1980 - Peace Now

The 1981 Elections, Fall 1981: Analysis / Asher Arian Arian, Asher

Resolution 338, October 22, 1973 - United Nations Security Council

Decision to Accept Resolution 338, October 22, 1973 / Israeli Cabinet Cabinet, Israeli

The Six-Point Agreement between Egypt and Israel, November 11, 1973

Sixth Arab Summit Conference, Algiers, Overview and Resolutions, November 28, 1973 - League of Arab States

Egyptian-Israeli Disengagement, December 1973-January 1974: Analysis / William B. Quandt Quandt, William B.

Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Israel, January 18, 1974

Seventh Arab Summit Conference, Rabat Resolutions, October 29, 1974 - League of Arab States

Political Program, June 9, 1974 - Palestine Liberation Organization

Disengagement Agreement between Egypt and Israel, September 4, 1975

Memorandum of Agreement between the United States and Israel regarding the Geneva Peace Conference, September 17, 1975

Resolution 3379 (Anti-Zionist Resolution), November 10, 1975 - United Nations General Assembly

Speech to the General Assembly on the Anti-Zionist Resolution, November 10, 1975 / Chaim Herzog Herzog, Chaim

The United States and the Palestinian Issue, December 1, 1975 / Harold H. Saunders Saunders, Harold H.

Yigal Allon in the Palace of the Shah, August 1976: Memoir / Uri Lubrani Lubrani, Uri

Speeches to the Knesset, November 20, 1977 / Anwar Sadat Sadat, Anwar, Menahem Begin Begin, Menahem

Autonomy Plan, December 28, 1977 - Government of Israel

Resolutions 425 and 426, March 19, 1978 - United Nations Security Council

Camp David Accords, September 17, 1978

Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt, March 26, 1979

The West Bank and Gaza within the Framework of a Middle East Peace Settlement, 1948-1979: Analysis / Yigal Allon Allon, Yigal

A Survey of Israel's Contacts with Jordan, April 25, 1980: Analysis / Moshe Zak Zak, Moshe

The Reagan Peace Plan, September 1, 1982 / Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald

The War in Lebanon, Summer 1982: Memoir / Ariel Sharon Sharon, Ariel

Report on the 1982 War in Lebanon, February 7, 1983 / Kahan Commission Commission, Kahan

From War in Lebanon to Hope for Peace in Madrid, 1982-1991

On Behalf of Pluralism, December 1982 / Amos Oz Oz, Amos

The New Historiography: Israel Confronts Its Past, Autumn 1988: Analysis of 1947-1949 / Benny Morris Morris, Benny

The "New Historians": The Past Is Not a Foreign Country, 1988-1996: Analysis / Anita Shapira Shapira, Anita

The Quandaries of an Israeli Minister of Absorption, 1989-1994: Memoir / Yair Tzaban Tzaban, Yair

The Ethiopian Emigration, May 1991: Memoir / Micha Feldman Feldman, Micha

The Hezbollah Program: An Open Letter, February 16, 1985 - Hezbollah

The London Agreement between Jordan and Israel, April 11, 1987

The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement, August 18, 1988 - Hamas

The Madrid Middle East Peace Conference, October 30-November 2, 1991: Memoir / James A. Baker Baker, James A.

Chapter 7 A Decade of Hope, 1991-2000

Position Papers, 1988 - Meimad

Speech to the Knesset on the 1992 Elections, July 13, 1992 / Yitzhak Rabin Rabin, Yitzhak

Alice Miller v. Minister of Defense, November 8, 1995 - Israel Supreme Court

United Mizrahi Bank v. Migdal Cooperative Village, November 9, 1995 - Israel Law Review

Report on Yitzhak Rabin's Assassination, 1996 - Shamgar Commission

Arye Deri's Speech of April 23, 1997: Analysis / Aryeh Dayan Dayan, Aryeh

Report on the Conversion Law, January 22, 1998 - Neeman Commission

Arab Citizens of Palestine: Little to Celebrate, 1998:Analysis / Azmi Bishara Bishara, Azmi

A Russian Immigrant Looks at Israeli (or Jewish?) Culture, 1998: Analysis / Anna Isakova Isakova, Anna

The 1996 and 1999 Elections in Israel, 1996, 1999: Analysis / Reuven Y. Hazan Hazan, Reuven Y.

Between the Lines of the Election Results, May 24, 1999 / Avirama Golan Golan, Avirama

Report on Clashes between the Security Forces and Israeli Citizens in October 2000, September 1, 2003 - Orr Commission

Revolution and Counterrevolution: The Israel Supreme Court from the 1980s Onward, 1980-2004: Analysis / Ehud Eiran Eiran, Ehud

The Israeli-Syrian Negotiations, August 1993: Analysis / Itamar Rabinovich Rabinovich, Itamar

Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, September 13, 1993

Peace Treaty between Jordan and Israel, October 26, 1994

Speech to the Knesset, October 27, 1994 / William Jefferson Clinton Clinton, William Jefferson

Opposition to Any Accommodation with Israel, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999 - Hamas

Oslo II Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, September 28, 1995

Amendment to the Palestine National Charter, May 4, 1996 - Palestinian Authority

Wye River Memorandum between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, October 23, 1998

The Appeal of the Palestinian People on the Fiftieth Anniversary of al-Naqba, 1948-1998 / Mahmoud Darwish Darwish, Mahmoud

Resolution on Withdrawal from Lebanon, March 5, 2000 - Government of Israel

Proposal for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, December 23, 2000 / William Jefferson Clinton Clinton, William Jefferson

Evolution of Palestinian-Israeli Negotiations, 2000-2001: Analysis / Martin Indyk Indyk, Martin

Mitchell Report, May 4, 2001 - Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee

Postscript, after 2000

The Arab Peace Initiative (Beirut Declaration), March 28, 2002, League of Arab States

Remarks on the Middle East, June 24, 2002 / George W. Bush Bush, George W.

A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, April 30, 2003, Government of the United States

Israel and Iraq after the Fall of Saddam Hussein, March 2004 / Gal Luft Luft, Gal

Resolution regarding the Disengagement Plan, June 6, 2004 - Government of Israel

Speech to the World without Zionism Conference, Teheran, October 28, 2005 / Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud

Speech to the Arab Lawyers Union Annual Convention, January 21, 2006 / Bashar al-Assad al-Assad, Bashar

Speech to the Knesset on Israel's New Government, May 4, 2006 / Ehud Olmert Olmert, Ehud

Speech to the Knesset on the Israeli-Hezbollah Summer War, July 17, 2006 / Ehud Olmert Olmert, Ehud

Resolution 1701, August 11, 2006

United Nations Security Council

Speech at the Rabin Memorial Ceremony, Tel Aviv, November 4, 2006 / David Grossman Grossman, David.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780874519624

0874519624

OCLC:

167499758