Suchergebnisse

Introduction -- Approaches and Problems -- Dimensions of the conflict -- Jewish National Home -- Balfour Declaration -- Mandate Palestine -- Partition of Palestine -- War of 1948 -- The Suez Crisis of 1956 -- June 1967 War -- UNSC Resolution 242 -- October War of 1973 -- The Palestinian Resistance -- Arab Boycott of Israel -- Non-conventional Challenges -- Madrid Conference of 1991 -- The Oslo Process -- Changing Palestinian Strategies -- Occupied Territories -- Jerusalem -- The Refugee Problem -- Other Contentious issues -- Peace-making Efforts -- Role External Players -- India and Arab-Israeli Conflict -- Resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict.

The Jewish Origins of Israel Democracy -- Israel's regime conflicting classifications -- B'Tselem: Historical performance in a protracted Palestinian-Israeli conflict -- Protest Movements and Democracy in Israel -- Local Politics in Israel -- Israel and Peace Negotiations -- Israel and Four Mothers Movement: Leaving Lebanon in Peace -- Religious Debates in Israel -- Golda Meir and the Evolution of Israel's Democracy -- Revisionist Zionism in Israel -- Haredi Parties and Israeli Democracy -- The Rise and Decline of the National Religious Party (NRP) in Israeli Politics -- Plurality and Containment in Israel -- The place for Democracy in Israel's Foreign Policy -- Women in the Military in Israel -- Defense Minister of Israel: Yitzhak Rabin .

Introduction -- Part I: Society -- From Small Sheikhdom to Over-Population -- The Foreign Workers -- Minorities -- Christians in Jordan -- Circassians -- Part II: Economy and Environment -- Political Economy -- Environmental Challenges -- Sustainable Development -- Smoking -- Part III: Politics and Identity -- Citizenship -- Composite Nationalism Re-visited -- King Abdullah-I -- King Hussein (1935-99) -- The Arab Legion -- Muslim Brotherhood and Salafism -- The West Bank Under Jordan -- Jerusalem: Hashemite Quest for Legitimacy -- Jordan-Hamas Relations -- Political Reforms -- The Palestinians -- Part IV: Foreign Policy and Security -- Foreign Policy under King Hussein -- Foreign Policy Under King Abdullah II -- Relations with Saudi Arabia -- A Century of Israel-Jordan Relations -- Jordanian-Israeli Relations Under King Hussein -- Rabin and Hussein: From Enemies at War to Partners in Peace -- The ISIS -- National Security Priorities

Cover -- Contents -- 01 Introduction -- 02 Bahrain -- 03 Iran -- 04 Iraq -- 05 Kuwait -- 06 Oman -- 07 Qatar -- 08 Saudi Arabia -- 09 UAE -- 10 Yemen -- 11 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) -- 12 Policy Options for India -- About the Editor and Contributors -- About MEI@ND -- Index

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