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Brief Primer on the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute 27 Dec 2010
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Description: This brief primer is a review of events that have shaped Palestine over the past 100 years or so, with special focus on the establishment of Israel and subsequent oppression of Palestinians. The pr...
This brief primer is a review of events that have shaped Palestine over the past 100 years or so, with special focus on the establishment of Israel and subsequent oppression of Palestinians. The primer will be updated periodically to include recent developments in the attempt of Palestinians to gain their freedom and dignity.
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A BRIEF PRIMER ON THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
Photo: US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation,http://www.endtheoccupation.org/index.php
Frank Munley
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A BRIEF PRIMER ON THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIANCONFLICT
DECEMBER 2010
Security Council Resolution 267 of July 3, 1969
The Security Council…
reaffirming
the established principle that acquisition of territory by military conquest is inadmissible…censures in the strongest terms all measures taken to change the status of the City of Jerusalem;
confirms
that all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken by Israel which purport toalter the status of Jerusalem, including expropriation of land and ropeties thereon,are invalid and cannot change that status…
Adopted unanimously at the 1485
th
meeting.
From
Palestinians: Life Under Occupation,
Nancy Murray, (The Middle East Justice Network, Cambridge, MA, 1991)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. AN OVERVIEW AND WHY I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ISSUE 3II. PUBLIC IGNORANCE AND APATHY IN THE US 7III. THE QUESTIONABLE BIBLICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF MODERN ZIONISM 8IV. COLONIALIST ROOTS OF ZIONISM 11
V. ESTABLISHMENT OF ISRAEL AS A JEWISH STATE AND THE RISE OFPALESTINIAN RESISTANCE ORGANIZATIONS 13VI. PALESTINIAN ISRAELIS: REAL CITIZENSHIP? 16
VII. WHERE IS ZIONIST “PALESTINE”? THE IMPORTANCE OF
DE FACTO
BOUNDARIES AND THE “GREAT COMPROMISE” 20
VIII. THE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR, “LAND FOR PEACE”, AND ISRAEL’S FATALDECISION TO BUILD SETTLEMENTS 22
IX. THE 1967 WAR: CHOICE OR NECESSITY? 24X. ILLEGALITY OF ISRAEL’S SETTLEMENTS AND OCCUPATION POLICIES 25XI. SETTLEMENTS: A PICTURE OF SLOW-MOTION ETHNIC CLEANSING 26
XII. EXPLOITATION OF THE JEWISH HOLOCAUST IN ISRAEL’S CLAIM TOLEGITIMACY 32XIII. MAJOR EVENTS FROM 1967 TO 2005 34
XIV. THE RISE OF HAMAS AND THE AGONY OF GAZA 38
XV. THE ISRAELI-US ANTI-HAMAS “EXISTENCE” CANARD 40XVI. FATAH’S RISKY COOPERATION WITH ISRAELI SECURITY 41
XVII. ISRAEL’S WAR WITH HAMAS IN GAZA AND HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON 43
XVIII. ISRAEL’S ATTACK ON GAZA, 2008-2009 44XIX. THE GAZA FLOTILLA ATTACK: ISRAEL SHOOTS ITSELF IN THE FOOT ANDCITIZEN ACTION TAKES THE LEAD 46XX. THE ISRAELI LOBBY AND STRATEGIC UNDERPINNINGS OF THE US-ISRAELIRELATIONSHIP 47
XXI. PROXIMITY AND DIRECT TALKS: OBAMA’S BUMBLING ANDSERVILE ATTEMPT AT PEACE-MAKING 52
XXII. TOWARDS A FINAL RESOLUTION: ONE STATE OR TWO? OR SOMETHINGWORSE? 54XXIII. WHAT CAN YOU DO? 57APPENDIX A: “THE” HOLOCAUST—UNIQUE OR RECURRENT? 59APPENDIX B: ZIONIST MCCARTHYISM IN THE US—A PERSONALEXPERIENCE 60
BIBLIOGRAPHY 61