The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict since 1967

 

á     How has the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict evolved since 1967?

á     How did the end of the Cold War and the First Gulf War create new possibilities for both a resolution of the conflict and increased violence?

á     What issues need to be resolved before a settlement of the conflict can be reached?

 

Key Terms

1) ÒNakbaÓ

2) ÒThe Right of ReturnÓ

3) West Bank and Gaza

4) Israeli Settlements

5) Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)

6) Yassir Arafat & Fatah

7) Camp David Accords (1979)

8) First Intifada

9) Oslo Accords/Oslo Peace Process

10) Camp David Summit (2000)

11) The Second Intifada

12) Hamas vs. Fatah

 

 

I.  Israeli Occupation and Palestinian Resistance, 1964-1993

 

1948-1967             The Consequences of the Arab-Israeli Wars

á     Israeli Supremacy in the Middle East

á     The West Bank and Gaza

á     Israeli Occupation/Colonization:  Zionism as Colonialism

á     Labor Party vs. Likud

 

1948-1970s            The Rise of Palestinian Nationalism after 1948

á     1964:  The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

á     Yassir Arafat (1929/69-2004)

 

1978-1979             Egyptian-Israeli Peace

The Exile of the PLO

The Palestinians on Their Own

 

1978-1985             Israeli Invasion of Lebanon (1982)

Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990):  Beirut

 

1988-1993             The First Intifada:  Palestinian Uprising in West Bank and Gaza

                             The Origins of Hamas (1987) vs. PLO/Fatah

 

 

II.  The Conflict since 1991:  Steps Forward, Backward, and Stagnation

 

1988                      Arafat recognizes IsraelÕs Right to Exist

 

1990/1991             The First Gulf War (Iraq), Attacks on Israel, and Palestinian Isolation

 

1993                      The Oslo Accords:  Disappointed Hopes

                             Rabin, Arafat, and Clinton, 1993  (Begin, Sadat, Carter, 1978)

 

1994                      Arafat Returns, Palestinian Authority Established

 

1994-2000             Palestinian Terrorism, Israeli Military Action & Settlements

 

1995                      Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin

 

1996                      Benjamin Netanyahu

 

2000                      Arafat rejects the Camp David Plan

 

2000-2003             The Second Intifada, Suicide Bombings, and Israeli Retribution

 

2003-2005             Slow Steps toward Peace:  Palestinian Reforms & Israeli Withdrawals

                             The ÒRoad MapÓ for Peace, June 2003

 

September 2005     Israeli Settlement Withdrawal from Gaza

 

January 2006         The Election Victory of Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) vs. Fatah

                            

July/August 2006           The Second Lebanon War:  Israel vs. Hezbollah (Party of God)

     Hassan Nasrallah

Dec 2008 – Jan 2009     The Gazan War

 

March 2009           Netanyahu Returns to Office

 

 

III.  Unresolved Issues:

 

1) Palestinian Statehood:  How much sovereignty?

 

2) IsraelÕs ÒRight to ExistÓ

 

3) Palestinian ÒRight of ReturnÓ

 

4) Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Territory & Jerusalem

 

5) Palestinian Terrorism vs. Israeli Military Action (State Terrorism?)

 

6) Palestinian Democratic Reform and Its Consequences

 

7) Water & Access