This book is a wide-ranging and innovative study of Israeli-Lebanese relations from the birth of the Jewish state in 1948 to the Israel-Lebanon War of 2006. Israel’s relationship with its Arab neighbours is a subject of perennial interest in the Middle East. The relationship between Israel and Lebanon has taken numerous forms since the establishment of the Jewish state and the chapters in this timely and important volume provide a comprehensive, detailed and informative analysis of the evolving ties between the two countries up to the present day. The contributors are drawn from numerous disciplines in the social sciences and humanities; and contributions range from the impact of the Arab-Israeli conflict on the Jews of Lebanon, to the role of external powers (the EU, the US and Arab world) on Israeli-Lebanese relations, as well as the legal mechanisms regulating the bilateral political relationship to the Palestinian Refugee problem as a factor in Israeli-Lebanese relations. This book was published as a special issue of Israel Affairs.

This book is a wide-ranging and innovative study of Israeli-Lebanese relations from the birth of the Jewish state in 1948 to the Israel-Lebanon War of 2006. Israel’s relationship with its Arab neighbours is a subject of perennial interest in the Middle East. The relationship between Israel and Lebanon has taken numerous forms since the establishment of the Jewish state and the chapters in this timely and important volume provide a comprehensive, detailed and informative analysis of the evolving ties between the two countries up to the present day. The contributors are drawn from numerous disciplines in the social sciences and humanities; and contributions range from the impact of the Arab-Israeli conflict on the Jews of Lebanon, to the role of external powers (the EU, the US and Arab world) on Israeli-Lebanese relations, as well as the legal mechanisms regulating the bilateral political relationship to the Palestinian Refugee problem as a factor in Israeli-Lebanese relations. This book was published as a special issue of Israel Affairs.

This book deals with the relations of the Jewish Agency and the State of Israel with the Lebanese Maronites in the period 1920-1984. It is essentially a study of the evolution of Israeli policy towards and the minority alliance with the Maronites. The central argument of the book is that Israel has pursued an active policy of intervention in the domestic politics of Lebanon through the alliance, and thus the book challenges the view of Israel as 'a nation that dwells alone'.

This book will serve as a guide for those who wish to understand the Lebanese conflict-expert and general reader alike-and for those, as well, who would work to bring peace to that tormented land. From Palestinian, Syrian, and Israeli intervention to delicate inter-Arab relations, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and superpower involvement, sixteen experts analyze the motives and actions of the men and groups engaged in the bloody Lebanese hostilities. Tables, notes, and index included.

Author's acknowledgements p. xi Publisher's acknowledgements p. xii Chronology p. xiii Who's who p. xxi Glossary p. xxvi Maps p. xxxi Part 1 Background p. 1 1 The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict p. 3 Zionism and Arab Nationalism p. 3 The Impact of the First World War p. 5 British Policy and the Palestine Mandate p. 6 The Inter-war Period p. 7 The Impact of the Second World War p. 9 The British Withdrawal from Palestine p. 11 Part 2 Wars and Peace p. 13 2 The 1948 War p. 15 The First Arab-Israeli War p. 15 The Palestinian Refugee Problem p. 17 Peace Negotiations p. 19 3 The 1956 Suez-Sinai Campaign p. 22 The 1952 Egyptian Coup p. 22 Israeli-Egyptian Tensions p. 23 The Israeli Foreign and Defence Policy Debate p. 25 British-French-Israeli Collaboration p. 26 The Results of the War p. 30 4 The 1967 Six Day War p. 32 The Creation of the Palestine Liberation Organization p. 33 On the Brink of War p. 34 The Six Day War p. 36 The Aftermath of the War p. 37 5 The 1973 October War p. 39 The War of Attrition p. 39 The Palestinian Revival and Black September p. 40 Syro-Egyptian Plans for War p. 41 The 'Surprise' Attack p. 43 Consequences of the War p. 45 6 The Egyptian-Israeli Peace Process p. 47 Disengagement p. 47 The 1977 Likud Victory p. 49 The Camp David Accords p. 52 Implications of Peace p. 53 7 The 1982 Lebanon War p. 55 The Lebanese Civil War p. 55 Limited Israeli Intervention p. 56 Operation Peace for Galilee p. 57 The Failures of Operation Peace for Galilee p. 59 The 1983 May 17th Agreement p. 60 Repercussions of the Invasion p. 61 8 The Intifada p. 64 The PLO after 1982 p. 64 The Intifada p. 67 Israeli Reaction p. 69 The Creation of Hamas p. 72 Part 3 The Middle East Peace Process p. 75 9 From Madrid to the Second Intifada: Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations p. 77 The Madrid Conference and Framework for Peace p. 77 The Oslo Process, 1992-99 p. 78 Palestinian Institutions and Society, 1996-99 p. 80 The 2000 Camp David Summit p. 82 The Second Intifada p. 83 Israel's Response p. 85 Peace Initiatives, 2000-07 p. 88 Whither the Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations? p. 90 10 Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, 1994-2007 p. 93 Peace with Jordan p. 93 Negotiations with Syria, 1994-95 p. 94 Lebanon First, 1996-99 p. 96 Israeli-Syrian Negotiations, 1999-2000 p. 97 The 2006 Lebanon War p. 99 Whither the Syrian-Israeli Negotiations? p. 101 Part 4 Assessment p. 105 11 Towards Conflict Resolution p. 107 Part 5 Documents p. 113 1 From the Hussein-McMahon Correspondence p. 114 2 The Balfour Declaration: 2 November 1917 p. 114 3 From the Sykes-Picot Agreement p. 115 4 From the Recommendations of the Peel Commission July 1937 p. 115 5 From the MacDonald White Paper: 17 May 1939 p. 116 6 Plan D: 10 March 1948 p. 117 7 From the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel: 14 May 1948 p. 122 8 From the Cabinet Discussions on the Czech Arms Deal: 4 October 1955 p. 122 9 The Sevres Protocol: 24 October 1956 p. 123 10 From the National Covenant of the Palestine Liberation Organization p. 124 11 UNSC Resolution 242: 22 November 1967 p. 126 12 From the Khartoum Summit: 1 September 1967 p. 127 13 UNSC Resolution 338: 22 October 1973 p. 128 14 From Sadat's Announcement to the Egyptian National Assembly: 9 November 1977 p. 128 15 From the Camp David Accords: 17 September 1978 p. 129 16 From the Reagan Fresh Start Initiative: 1 September 1982 p. 130 17 From the Fez Peace Plan: 9 September 1982 p. 131 18 From the Israel-Lebanon Agreement: 17 May 1983 p. 132 19 The Amman Agreement, or Hussein-Arafat Accord: 11 February 1985 p. 133 20 Jordan Relinquishes its Claim to the West Bank: 31 July 1988 p. 134 21 From the Hamas Charter: 18 August 1988 p. 134 22 Palestinian Declaration of Independence: 15 November 1988 p. 135 23 Madrid Conference Letter of Invitation: 18 October 1991 p. 137 24 From the Declaration of Principles: 9 September 1993 p. 138 25 A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict p. 139 26 Israeli-Jordanian Peace Agreement: 26 October 1994 p. 145 Further Reading p. 149 References p. 155 Index p. 167.

The Minds of Peace Experiment is a small-scale Israeli-Palestinian public negotiating congress. The exercise invites Israeli and Palestinian delegations to publicly negotiate solutions to their struggle over a limited period of sessions. The initiative is designed to demonstrate the peacemaking power of a major public negotiating congress, to evaluate its potential outcomes, and to get support for its establishment. Scholars from different disciplines describe and analyze the enterprise. They provide valuable lessons for improving and elaborating the initiative which has been conducted in major universities around the U.S., Canada and in Israel-Palestine. The intention is to add a fresh perspective to the efforts to build a revolutionary peacemaking process in the Israeli-Palestinian case. The Minds of Peace Experiment is a fascinating laboratory for people-to-people diplomacy and negotiation. The exercise succeeded to demonstrate how people, from all walks of life and the entire political spectrum, can reach peace agreements while their leaders face major problems in their relationship. The book intends to provoke critical and fruitful discussion among those who are interested in negotiation, diplomacy and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This book was published as a special issue of Israel Affairs.

This volume examines Lebanon’s post-2011 security dilemmas and the tenuous civil-military relations. The Syrian civil war has strained the Lebanese Armed Forces’ (LAF) cohesion and threatens its neutrality – its most valued assets in a divided society. The spill-over from the Syrian civil war and Hezbollah’s military engagement has magnified the security challenges facing the Army, making it a target. Massive foreign grants have sought to strengthen its military capability, stabilize the country and contain the Syria crisis. However, as this volume demonstrates, the real weakness of the LAF is not its lack of sophisticated armoury, but the fragile civil–military relations that compromise its fighting power, cripple its neutrality and expose it to accusations of partisanship and political bias. This testifies to both the importance of and the challenges facing multi-confessional armies in deeply divided countries.