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.

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 (May 16, 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) -- 10. The Palestine Royal Commission (Peel Commission) : report (July 24, 1937) -- 11. British government : policy statement against partition (November 11, 1938) -- 12. British government : the white paper (May 17, 1939) -- 13. Zionist reaction to the white paper -- 14. The Biltmore program : towards a Jewish state (May 11, 1942) -- 15. Arab office report to Anglo-American Committee (March, 1946) -- 16. United Nations General Assembly resolution 181, the partition of Palestine (November 29, 1947) -- 17. Declaration of the establishment of the state of Israel (May 14, 1948) -- 18. Creation of a Conciliation Commission, General Assembly resolution 194 (iii) (December 11, 1948) -- 19. Admission of Israel to the United Nations, General Assembly resolution 273 (May 11, 1949) -- Part III : From recognition (1949) through the start of a peace process. 20. U.N. General Assembly resolution 303 (iv). Palestine : question of an international regime for the Jerusalem area and the protection of the holy places (December, 1949) -- 21. State of Israel : law of return (July, 1950) -- 22. U.N. security council : resolution 95, concerning . . . the passage of ships through the Suez Canal (September 1, 1951) -- 23. Palestine National Authority : Palestine Liberation Organization draft constitution (December, 1963) -- 24. Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban : speech to the Security Council of the United Nations (June 6, 1967) -- 25. Protection of holy places law (June 27, 1967) -- 26. The Khartoum resolutions (September 1, 1967) -- 27. U.N. Security Council : resolution 242 (November 22, 1967) -- 28. The Palestinian National Charter : resolutions of the Palestine National Council (July 1-17, 1968) -- 29. The seven points of Fatah (January, 1969) -- 30. U.N. Security Council : resolution 338 (October 22, 1973) -- 31. Palestine National Council : resolutions at the 12th session of the Palestine National Council (June, 1974) -- 32. Interim agreement between Israel and Egypt (September 1, 1975) -- 33. Statement to the Knesset by President Anwar al Sadat (November 20, 1977) -- 34. Statement to the Knesset by Prime Minister Menachem Begin (November 20, 1977) -- 35. Six-point program of the Palestine Liberation Organization (December 4, 1977) -- 36. The Camp David accords (September 17, 1978) -- Part IV : From Israeli-Egyptian peace (1979) to Israeli-Jordanian peace. 37. Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt (March 26, 1979) -- 38. Basic law : Jerusalem, capital of Israel (July, 1980) -- 39. Saudi Crown Prince Fahd ibn abd al-Aziz : the Fahd plan (August 7, 1981) -- 40. Golan Heights law (December 14, 1981) -- 41. Prime Minister Menachem Begin : the wars of no alternative and operation peace for the Galilee (August 8, 1982) -- 42. Agreement between Israel and Lebanon (May 17, 1983) -- 43. Palestine National Council : declaration of independence (November 15, 1988) -- 44. Israel's peace initiative (May 14, 1989) -- 45. U.S. Secretary of State James Baker's five-point plan (October 10, 1989) -- 46. Letter of invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference (October 30, 1991), jointly issued by the United States and the Soviet Union -- 47. Israel-PLO recognition : exchange of letters between Prime Minister Rabin and Chairman Arafat (September 9, 1993) -- 48. Declaration of principles on interim self-government arrangements [Oslo agreement] (September 13, 1993) -- 49. Israel-Jordan common agenda (September 14, 1993) -- 50. Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho area (May 4, 1994) -- 51. The Washington declaration (July 25, 1994) -- 52. Treaty of peace between the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the state of Israel (October 26, 1994) -- Part V : From interim agreements (1995) to the present time. 53. Israeli-Palestinian interim agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (September 28, 1995) -- 54. What is area C? -- 55. Speech by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin to the Knesset supporting the Israeli-Palestinian interim agreement (October 5, 1995) -- 56. Speech by Prime Minister Rabin at a peace rally (November 4, 1995) -- 57. Israel-Lebanon cease fire understanding (April 26, 1996) -- 58. The Wye River memorandum (October 23, 1998) -- 59. Address in the Knesset by Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak upon the presentation of his government (July 7, 1999) -- 60. Sharm el-Sheikh memorandum (September 4, 1999) -- 61. Protocol concerning safe passage between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (October 5, 1999) -- 62. Trilateral statement on the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David (July 25, 2000) -- 63. Taba Summit (January, 2001) -- 64. Sharm el-sheikh fact-finding Committee final report (April 30, 2001) -- 65. The Arab Peace Initiative (March, 2002) -- 66. Roadmap to a solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (April 30, 2003) -- 67. The disengagement plan from Gaza Strip and northern Samaria (April 18, 2004) -- 68. International Court of Justice advisory opinion finds Israel's construction of wall "Contrary to International Law" (July 9, 2004) -- 69. Prime minister Ariel Sharon's address to the Knesset prior to the vote on the disengagement plan (October 25, 2004) -- 70. U.N. Security Council : Resolution 1701 (August 11, 2006) -- 71. Announcement of Annapolis Conference (November 20, 2007) -- 72. Joint understanding on negotiations (November 27, 2007) -- 73. Israeli Prime Minister ehud Olmert declares unilateral ceasefire in Gaza (January 17, 2009) -- 74. Remarks by President Barack Obama at Cairo University, "On a New Beginning" (June 4, 2009) -- 75. Human rights in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories (September 25, 2009) -- 76. Understanding regarding ceasefire in Gaza Strip (November 21, 2012) -- 77. The 2014 Gaza conflict factual and legal aspects : executive summary (May, 2015) -- 78. Israeli Foreign Ministry : the nuclear deal with Iran : questions and answers (July 27, 2015) -- 79. Remarks by President Barack Obama on the Iran nuclear deal (August 15, 2015) -- 80. Report of the Middle East Quartet (July 1, 2016) -- 81. Paris Conference joint communique (January 15, 2017) -- 82. Trump administration recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel (December 6, 2017).