Lasting over 120 years, the Arab-Israeli conflict involves divergent narratives about history, national identities, land ownership, injustices and victimhood. Domestic forces and actors as well as international and regional dynamics have ensured the conflict's durability. A distinguished team of authors comprising an Israeli, a Palestinian and an Egyptian present a broader Arab perspective in this innovative textbook that offers a balanced and nuanced introduction to a highly contentious subject. Providing an overview of key developments in the history of the conflict, it explores attempts at resolution, before going on to portray the perspectives of the important parties. It places the events of the conflict within a regional and international context, providing an invaluable insight into the opposing narratives behind the conflict. The much-anticipated second edition of Arabs and Israelis includes: - Up-to-date coverage of key developments since the Arab Awakening, including the shifting pattern in relations from Obama to Trump, the Abraham Accords, the fall of Netanyahu and the resurgence of the war in early 2021. - Brand new 'Key Developments', 'Key Documents' and 'Key Figures' feature boxes to help students zoom in on landmark events, policies and actors throughout history. - Detailed full colour maps, timelines and photos to visually complement the text. - A rich companion website including interactive timelines and maps, discussion questions, chapter summaries and more. A comprehensive and engaging account of the Arab-Israeli conflict, it is the ideal companion for students at undergraduate and postgraduate level taking History, Politics and Middle Eastern Studies degrees.

Palestinian and Israeli Public Opinion is based on a unique project: the Joint Israeli-Palestinian Poll (JIPP). Since 2000, Jacob Shamir and Khalil Shikaki have directed joint surveys among Israelis and Palestinians, providing a rare opportunity to examine public opinion on two sides of an intractable conflict. Adopting a two-level game theory approach, Shamir and Shikaki argue that public opinion is a multifaceted phenomenon and a critical player in international politics. They examine how the Israeli and Palestinian publics' assessments, expectations, mutual perceptions and misperceptions, and overt political action fed into domestic policy formation and international negotiations from the failure of the 2000 Camp David summit through the second Intifada and the elections of 2006. A discussion of the study's implications for policymaking and strategic framing of future peace agreements concludes this timely and informative book."

Was the 1967 War a self-protective expression of Israeli retaliation? Was it an unprovoked attack on Palestine, presenting serious danger to the wider Arab world? Was it sufficient justification for Arab states to unite against Israel? Each party has a different perspective of each event within the conflict across the Middle East, and thus tells a different story of this ongoing war. The authors, an Israeli, a Palestinian and an Egyptian, are uniquely positioned to present these opposing perspectives, getting to the heart of the divergence and accumulation of narratives that constitute the Arab-Israeli conflict. Providing an overview of key developments since the war's inception, this book explores attempts at resolution while contrasting the views of important parties through each phase of the protracted history. Events are examined within a regional and international context, exploring this sensitive subject from every angle. The second edition of Arabs and Israelis includes: - The fall of Netanyahu, the shifting pattern in relations from Obama to Trump, the Abraham Accords: now updated with pivotal developments from the Arab Awakening to the resurgence of the war in 2021. - Feature boxes on developments, documents and individuals help students zoom in on landmark moments and policies. Including an exploration of the 1981 Fahd Plan, a closer look at United Nations Security Council Resolutions, profiles of leaders like Gamal Abdel Nasser. - Detailed full colour maps, timelines and photos to complement the text. This is the ideal companion for students at undergraduate and postgraduate level taking History, Politics and Middle Eastern Studies degrees. Interactive timelines, discussion questions, chapter summaries and further resources are available online at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/arabs-and-israelis-2e.

This book, the third in the series Studies in Peace Politics in the Middle East, is an expert assessment on what went wrong with the Oslo peace process - a process that began in euphoria and degenerated into disaster. The contributors provide a wide-ranging, albeit very different, retrospective of the pursuit of Israeli-Palestinian peace, and analysis of how negotiations should best proceed from here on. Contributors include: Mustafa Abu Sway, Professor and Director of the Islamic Research Center, Al Quds University, an eminent authority on the Islamic position on the Arab-Israeli conflict; Yossi Ben-Aharon, an Israeli ambassador and former Deputy Director General of the Foreign Ministry; Abraham Diskin, former Chairman of the Political Science Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and advisor to several Israeli prime ministers, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Knesset; Manuel Hassassian, Professor of International Relations and Executive Vice-President of Bethlehem