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Informationen zum Autor Gregory S. Mahler is Academic Dean Emeritus and Research Professor of Politics at Earlham College. He received his B.A. degree from Oberlin College and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Duke University. He has authored or edited over thirty books in the areas of comparative politics and Israeli and Middle Eastern Politics, and his academic interests include political institutions and democratic government. Klappentext The Arab-Israeli conflict has been one of the most protracted and contentious disputes in modern history. This wide-ranging textbook examines the diplomatic and historical setting within which the conflict developed, from both the Israeli and Palestinian perspectives, and gives a comprehensive overview of the peace process. The new edition includes a fully revised and updated introduction and a wider selection of documents up to the first year of the Trump presidency.Enabling students to easily access and study original documents through the supportive framework of a textbook,¿The Arab-Israeli Conflict:presents over eighty of the most important and widely cited documents in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict presents these documents in an edited form to highlight key elements includes an introductory chapter which sets the context for the study of the history of the area covers a comprehensive historical period, ranging from the 19th¿Century to the present day incorporates a wide range of pedagogical aids: original documents, maps and boxed sections. This important textbook is an essential aid for courses on the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Middle East peace process, and will be an invaluable reference tool for all students of political science, Middle East studies and history. Zusammenfassung The Arab-Israeli conflict has been one of the most protracted and contentious disputes in modern history. This wide-ranging textbook examines the diplomatic and historical setting within which the conflict developed, from both the Israeli and Palestinian perspectives, and gives a comprehensive overview of the peace process. The new edition includes a fully revised and updated introduction and a wider selection of documents up to the first year of the Trump presidency. Enabling students to easily access and study original documents through the supportive framework of a textbook, The Arab-Israeli Conflict : presents over eighty of the most important and widely cited documents in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict presents these documents in an edited form to highlight key elements includes an introductory chapter which sets the context for the study of the history of the area covers a comprehensive historical period, ranging from the 19th Century to the present day incorporates a wide range of pedagogical aids: original documents, maps and boxed sections. This important textbook is an essential aid for courses on the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Middle East peace process, and will be an invaluable reference tool for all students of political science, Middle East studies and history. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: INTRODUCTION PART II: FROM HERZL (1896) TO RECOGNITION AS A STATE (1949) 1. Theodor Herzl, The Jewish State (1896): 2. The Basle Program, Resolutions of the First Zionist Congress (August 30, 1897) 3. Sir Henry McMahon: The McMahon Letter (October 24, 1915) 4. The Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916) 5. The Balfour Declaration (November 2, 1917) 6. The Weizmann-Feisal Agreement (January 3, 1919) 7. The White Paper of 1922 (June, 1922) (The "Churchill White Paper") 8. The Mandate for Palestine (July 24, 1922) 9. British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald Letter to Chaim Weizmann (February 13, 1931) <...
