Table of Contents
Preface Chronology List of Figures 1 The Origins of the ConflictPalestine Before the First World War• Zionism and Jewish Communities in Palestine• Arabs and Jews in Palestine –Neighbors or Enemies? 2 The First World War and the British MandatePalestine in the First World War• British Intervention During the War• The Balfour Declaration, 1917• The British Mandate for Palestine• The Development of the Jewish Community in Palestine 3 British Rule in Palestine, 1929–39The Impact of British Rule on the Arabs in Palestine• The Development of Palestinian Nationalism in the 1930s• The Arab Revolt, 1936–39 4 UN Partition, Israel, and War, 1945–49The End of the British Mandate• The UN Partition Plan and Civil War, 1947–48• Contrasting Narratives of the Palestinian Exodus• The War of 1948–49 5 Palestinians and Israelis in the 1950s and 1960sThe Palestinian Diaspora• The Re-Emergence of Palestinian Nationalism• Jewish Immigration and the Economic Development of Israel• The Arab–Israeli Conflict in the 1950s and 1960s• The Aftermath of the Six-Day War 6 The Israeli Occupation of the Palestinian TerritoriesIsraeli Occupation of the Palestinian Territories – The West Bank and Gaza• Settlement Building 7 Palestinian Resistance from 1967 to the First Intifada in 1987Fatah and the PLO• Terrorism and the Palestinian Struggle• The PLO in Lebanon• The First Intifada, 1987–93 8 The Rise and Demise of the Oslo Peace Process, 1993–2000The Road to Oslo• The Oslo Accords of 1993 and 1995• The West Bank and Gaza After Oslo• Camp David, 2000 9 From the Second Intifada to War in Gaza,2000–08The Second Intifada, 2000–05• The Israeli Evacuation of Gaza, 2005• The Rise of Hamas 10 Palestinians and Israelis in the Age of Netanyahu, 2009 to 2021Netanyahu and Obama• War in Gaza, 2014• Arab Israelis and the Nation-State Law, 2018• President Trump’s “Deal of the Century,” 2020• Daily Life in the Occupied Territories, 2021 Epilogue Notes Glossary of Key Terms Glossary of Key People Bibliography Index
