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Selected official statements and documents from US, UN, Israeli, Palestinian, and Saudi Arabian sources on the second intifada, Israel's response, prospects for peace, and roles of the US, UN, and Arab states. Includes remarks by Palestinian National Authority President Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Sharon.

A struggle that is limited to a small mass of land six thousand miles away is affecting the contemporary world. One usually finds himself or herself highly opinionated when it comes to the subject of fairness in the Middle East. The media gives much attention to the Middle East crisis which helps form the opinions. If one places three people in a room, whether they are theologians, politicians, or laborers, you may get three different theories about who inhabit the Fertile Crescent. This struggle has survived 4000 years to date in conflict that pre-dates the Hatfields and the McCoys in the dispute over land by the descendants of Isaac and Ishmael. For some, the following arguments are material for the development of religious doctrine as well as political policy.

The Israeli—Palestinian conflict is one of the most intractable conflicts in the world today. During the period of the 1990s and early 2000s, its salience was especially high. In this article, we explore the role of elections in the conflict, focusing on deliberation, legitimation, and representation. We analyze the five Israeli elections between 1992 and 2003. Our findings raise significant doubts as to the quality of deliberation on the conflict in these five election campaigns, and suggest that the campaigns and election interpretations did not contribute to legitimation of policy in this area beyond procedural legitimacy. Nevertheless, the elections had a major impact in molding the conflict through their role in transferring power and in producing dynamic representation. Although our focus is on a single case, this article falls within the body of empirical research about elections as instruments of democracy and their role in shaping the course of international conflicts.

Readers are provided with a topical, easily accessible but academically sound and well researched account of the nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its various contemporary dimensions.

Introduction 1. - 1. Diasporas in Transnational Relations 17. - 2. Theorizing Diasporic Activism in Homeland Conflicts 53. - 3. Transnationalizing cleavages: Jewish organizations in the United States and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 85. - 4. Struggling with the American Way(s): Arab American organizations and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 129. - 5. Adaptation, Intra-Community Competition and the Diversification of Diasporic Activism 161. - 6. Conclusion: Ambiguity from Abroad 170

"Previous research has highlighted that Diasporas often exacerbate conflicts and contribute to their protraction. More recently, however, scholars have pointed to the positive aspects of diasporic engagement. However, insufficient research--above all, theoretical work--exists on the conditions under which Diasporas become 'doves' rather than 'hawks'. Through an analysis of the activities of Arab-Palestinian and Jewish organizations on behalf of and towards their conflict-ridden homelands, Diasporic Activism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict provides both a detailed picture of diasporic activism in the Middle East as well as advancing theory-building on the roles of diasporas in helping or hindering peace. Particularly since the Oslo peace process, the search for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been strongly contested among Jewish and Arab/Palestinian organizations in the United States. Drawing on research into (transnational) social movements, diaspora studies and constructivist international relations theory, this book retraces how this process of diversification occurred, and explains why neither the Jewish nor the Arab Diaspora community hold a unified position in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but are each comprised of both hawks and doves. Combining theoretical depth and practical orientation, this book is a key resource for those working in the fields of Middle Eastern studies, peace and conflict studies and diaspora studies, as well as specialists on the ground in Israel/Palestine and other conflict settings in which Diaspora communities play a prominent role"--Provided by publisher