Israel, Palestine, & the quest for Middle East peace / Dennis J. Deeb II.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deeb, Dennis J., II

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Physical Description:

x, 103 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : University Press of America, 2013.

Summary:

After the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, Pakistan's then President Pervez Musharraf declared: "The Palestinian front is affecting the entire Muslim world. All terrorists and militant activity in the world today has been initiated because of the Palestinian problem. This is because of the sense of hopelessness, alienation, and powerlessness." The decade following the aftermath of September 11th has only proven that a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East and a resolve to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are a crucial necessity to global stability. In this well-researched and thoroughly-documented work, Professor Dennis J. Deeb II objectively aims to provide both a historical narrative of the events surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a historiography exploring the failures to achieve the end result of a final settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians. What went wrong with peace? This book explores the issues of contention that must be resolved between the parties to reach a lasting settlement. Book jacket.

Contents:

Palestine under Ottoman rule

Origins of conflict: Israel & the Palestinians

From Algiers to Oslo

Failure at Camp David and the collapse of Oslo

Resurrecting the Oslo Accords: the Mitchell Report

Israel's policy of unilateral disengagement

Palestinian elections and new tensions with Israel

Road map to peace and alternatives to Oslo

Why Oslo failed: a historiography

U.S. as mediator: is peace possible

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761860991

9780761860990

OCLC:

829988743