Panorama of Jerusalem, looking north from East Talpiyot (Jan. 10, 2006)
Professor Ronald C. Kiener, Department of Religion
Useful Links for Understanding the Arab-Israeli Conflict
The security fence in SE Jerusalem area, looking from Abu Tor (Jan. 8, 2006)
Opinions
- "Camp
David: A Tragedy of Errors" by Robert Malley and Hussein Agha, in The
New York Review of Books. A completely different
"take" on what happened in the Camp David negotiations
of July 2000. Very controversial, but worth reading.
- Camp David and After: An Exchange
Back and forth between Benny Morris, and Robert Malley and Hussein Agha, concerning the
Camp David 2000 negotiations
-
"Peace? No Chance" by Benny Morris, in the
Guardian, February, 2002. Noted "New" historian who
teaches at Ben-Gurion University. Another controversial
article.
- "Arafat's War"
by Fouad Ajami, WSJ, March 29, 2002.
- "Suicidal
Lies" by Thomas Friedman, NYT, March 31,
2002.
- "Immortal Heroes of
Jenin" by Uri Avnery, The Guardian, April 16,
2002. An Israeli leftist's perspective on the battle of
Jenin of March, 2002.
- Appeal By Palestinian
Intellectuals to Stop Suicide Bombing June, 2002.
- Avraham Burg on the Failed Society of Israel August 2003. Former head
of Jewish Agency, current Labour MK, describes Israel as a failed society.
Crucial Diplomatic Documents & Sites
-
Documents of the Oslo Peace Process includes Oslo, Oslo II,
Wye River Memorandum, Hebron Redeployment, Camp David Accords of
1978 (site maintained by Israeli embassy)
- The Beilin-Abu Mazen document Released in
October 1995, this document was negotiated by Yossi Beilin (at the time, an
Israeli cabinet minister) and Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen; at the time,
key PLO official and would become first Prime Minister of PNA in 2003). Laid out a settlement
which is similar to the Geneva Accord of October 2003 (see below).
- The EU non-paper A very
interesting document, it represents the European Union's diplomatic understanding of what
was and was not achieved at the Taba negotiations of January, 2001 -- the last
round of Oslo-based negotiations between Israel and the PNA.
- The Quartet Road Map Accepted by Israeli &
Palestinian side at Aqaba Conference, June 3, 2003. Sponsored by US, Russia, EU, and UN (the "Quartet").
- The Geneva Accord Text as
released to Ha'aretz of the 44-page accord negotiated by Yossi Beilin (now a private citizen) and Yassir
Abd Rabbo; announced October, 2003.
- Historical
Documents Related to the Conflict from Ariga, a
private Israeli peace web site
- U.S. Embassy,
Israel Official site (Tel Aviv)
- U.S. Consulate
General, Jerusalem Responsible for U.S. diplomatic contacts
with the PNA
- Israel
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Official site (Jerusalem)
- Palestine National Authority
Official site (Ramallah; unavailable)
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