The Israeli-Palestinian conflict : guilt on both sides / Alisa Douer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Douer, Alisa, author.

Series:

Arabische Welt ; Band 3.

Arabische Welt = Arab world ; Band 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict--History.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Logos Verlag Berlin, [2015]

Summary:

Long description: We should not argue about who is to blame [for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict].There is enough guilt on both sides. / Uri Avneri Smoldering since the late 1920s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict reached its first climax immediately after the State of Israel was founded on May 15, 1948. Devised by European nations as the``perfect solution'', the new state received a large number of displaced Jews who were unwelcome in their countries of origin. We can only answer a few of the myriad yet unasked questions. What we know for sure is that more than 750,000 Palestinians were expelled or escaped from Israel/Palestine after 1948. About 470,000 of them fled to refugee camps in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt. The rest scattered all over the world. Deprived of citizenship and human rights, Palestinians have remained refugees in most of the Arab world until this day. Why? By 2013, more than 150 settlements and towns populated by more than half a million Jews had been built on confiscated land on the West Bank. Even moderate Palestinian leaders consider these confiscations a provocation. Israel is increasingly turning into an apartheid state and its political standing is constantly deteriorating. The Israeli intellectual elite has always raised its voice against the occupation and the settlements, arguing that human rights and equality—two pillars of Zionism—are being violated. Time has come for the voice of reason, which calls for a two-state solution, to be heard.

Contents:

Intro

Personal note

Note of Thanks

Table of contents

Introduction

Geography

Origins

Etymology

Exegesis

Historic Rights: Bible and Qur'an

The Bible

The Qur'an

Result

Ties to the country

Erez Israel

Characteristics of the Israeli-Jewish society

The 19th Century

The Middle East from 1918 onward

Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952)

Zeev Jabotinsky (1880-1940)

The British Mandate in Palestine 1918-1948

Arab Nationalism

Rights to the Land

After the British Mandate

Land of the Fathers

Zionism

"Aliyah"-Immigration (to Israel)

First Aliyah

Second Aliyah

Third Aliyah

Fourth Aliyah

1929-1939, historical Background

First Arab Revolts 1929

The big Arab Revolt of 1936-1939

Fifth Aliyah

Aliyat ha-No'ar - Youth Aliyah

British Commissions and Resolutions 1937-1939

Aliyah Bet - Ha'apala

1939 to 1947

After World War II, 1945

The Partition Plan of 1947

The Jewish Point of View

The Arab Point of View

The Partition

Map of the Partition Plan 1947

Civil War: November 1947 to May 1948

Fleeing from Palestine

Pre-war Period

Arab Countries Against Israel

Identity

The war of 1948, Five Arab Countries Attack Israel

The Yishuv during the War

After the War of 1948

Occupied Territories

Demography

The Aftermath, the Refugees

Who is a Refugee?

Palestinian Refugees in Arab countries

Israeli Arabs

Palestinians outside the Middle East

Jewish Refugees

Why Palestinians Remain Refugees

Israel is Blamed

Refugees and Absentees

Religious Groups

Trying to Solve the Palestinian Problem

After May 15, 1948

Map of the Region After the War of 1948

The Arab Neighbors

A Palestinian State

The Arab Trauma

Martial Law

The Suez/Sinai War 1956

Conflicting Interests

The Palestinian Problem.

Israelis and Palestinians, Differences and Similarities

A Middle East Conflict

The Six-Day War, 1967

Opinions After the War

Demography After 1967

After the War of 1967

Settlement Ideology

Opinions

The Birth of Palestine

Nobody Wants the Territories

The Pre-War Period, 1972

Yom-Kippur War, 1973

Israel in Lebanon, 1982

Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995)

Yasser Arafat (1929-2004)

Political Movements and Palestinian Organizations

Overview

Fatah

Hamas

Hamas and Islamic-Jihad

Hezbollah

Characteristics of the Political Movements in Palestine

Intifada

The Intifada of 1987

The Intifada of 2000

Places of Refuge

The Arab Countries

Refuge outside the Middle East

The Right to Return

Palestinian Education

List of Universities and High Schools in the Occupied Territories

Israelis and Arabs

What Do Israelis and Palestinians Want

Religion as Handicap

The Religious Aspect

Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians

Israelis and Palestinians

Palestine

The Middle East

The Curse of the Status Quo

Israel and the Arab world

Peace Talks

Benyamin Netanyahu (*1949)

Ehud Barak (*1942)

Ariel Sharon (*1928)

First Free Elections in the Territories 2006

Mutual Recognition

Support from Abroad

For Israel

For Palestine

Fear and Suspicion

Partnership

The Dreams, the Wishes

Secure Borders

Common Borders:

Terror

The Winners

Israeli Society

Comparison

Returning the Occupied Territories

"Normal Relationships"

Press and Literature of the Middle East

Israeli Press

Press in the Occupied Territories

Israeli Courts

Ethics and Sovereignty

Interviews

Haaretz - Israeli Newspaper articles and essays

"Mosab, Son of Hamas"

Conclusion

The Israeli-Palestinian Situation.

The Israeli-Palestinian Points of View

The Entire Land, a Fixed Idea

Returning Territories

Everybody is Guilty

A Possible Solution

Is a Solution Possible?

Foot Notes

Selected bibliography.

Notes:

PublicationDate: 20151115

Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-159).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-8325-8793-4

9783832587932