Description
So far, all the efforts of the United States and other to cajole the Israelis and the Palestinians to enter into a peace treaty have been unsuccessful. In this seven week SDG, we will examine the mindsets of the parties to the conflict. We will explore whether they really want peace, what are the costs of peace for each of the parties, and if they don't want peace, what are their real objectives. If the parties don't want peace, is external pressure (force) the only thing that may resolve the Israeli - Palestinian conflict?
Our core book was written by Senator George Mitchell who served as a special envoy for Middle East peace from 2009 to 2011. Senator Mitchell is intimately familiar with the positions of both sides and gives an insider account of how the negotiations between the parties have progressed and regressed through the years.
Weekly Topics
1. The history of the Conflict (Ch. 2)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Jerusalem
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gush_Etzion
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_Yassin_massacre
https://he.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%93%D7%A1%D7%94
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_Jaffa_riots
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929_Hebron_massacre
2. Moving in the opposite directions (Ch. 1, 3)
3. From Madrid to Camp David (Ch. 4)
4. Contested Issues (Ch. 5, 6).
5. Much process, no progress (Ch. 8)
6. Israstine, annexation? (Ch. 9), https://israelpolicyforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Annexation-Summary-English-V1.pdf more up to date material will be provided at pre-meeting.
7. Is there a path to peace (Ch. 10), https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/publications/research/2018-07-24-israeli-palestinian-peacemaking-mekelberg-shapland.pdf
Bibliography
George J. Mitchell, A Path to Peace: A brief History of the Israeli Palestinian Negotiations a d a Way Forward in the Middle East (2017)
Additional bibliography:
https://israelpolicyforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Annexation-Summary-English-V1.pdf
https://www.haaretz.com/1.5134262
https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-self-declared-leftist-wages-war-on-the-palestinian-right-of-return/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_National_Covenant#Clauses_regarding_Israel
http://www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=640&doc_id=8210
https://www.aljazeera.com/focus/arabunity/2008/02/200852518398869597.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947%E2%80%931949_Palestine_war
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas_Covenant
https://www.cfr.org/blog/corruption-palestinian-authority
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arafats-billions/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Jerusalem
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gush_Etzion
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_Yassin_massacre
https://he.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%93%D7%A1%D7%94
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_Jaffa_riots
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929_Hebron_massacre
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gaza_(2007)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict
https://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/assads-pro-zionist-grandfather-and-the-betrayal-of-the-alawites/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Nahariya_attack
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/opinion/israel-settlement-palestine-solution.html
