Israel, Palestine, & the Quest for Middle East Peace [Paperback]

This book objectively aims to provide both a historical narrative of the events surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a historiography exploring the failures to achieve a final settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians. It explores the issues of contention that must be resolved to reach a lasting settlement.After the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, Pakistans 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.DEDICATIONACKNOWLEDGMENTSINTRODUCTIONCHAPTER 1 Palestine Under Ottoman RuleCHAPTER 2 The Origins of Conflict: Israel And The PalestiniansCHAPTER 3 From Algiers To OsloCHAPTER 4 Failure At Camp David And The Collapse of OsloCHAPTER 5 Resurrecting The Oslo Accords: The Mitchell ReportCHAPTER 6 Israels Policy Of Unilateral DisengagementCHAPTER 7 Palestinian Elections And New Tensions With IsraelCHAPTER 8 The Road Map To Peace And Alternatives To OsloCHAPTER 9 Why Oslo Failed: A HistoriographyCHAPTER 10 The U.S. As Mediator: Is Peace Possible?CONCLUSIONAPPENDIX 1 United Nations Resolutions 242lS