Product Description: From Israel's establishment as a state to the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, this work analyzes the role of third-party mediators of the Arab-Israeli dispute. What interests prompted the mediators to undertake their efforts? What effect did their intervention have on regional and global power struggles? Did the mediators actually make any difference? In a thorough treatment of the struggle for a negotiated peace, Saadia Touval answers these questions and tests his answers against the existing theories of international relations...read more

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has once again captured world attention—this time because of the coming together of Arafat and Rabin as a result of the secret Oslo Accords and the reactions ensuing from this historic—and challenging—event. One Land, Two Peoples, originally published in the throes of the intifada, now brings its wide readership up to date on progress in the peace negotiations, beginning with their breakdown and subsequent stalemate following the Gulf War and the ensuing renaissance stimulated by the Oslo Accords. One Land, Two Peoples describes the Israeli-Palestinian dynamic as a conflict “rooted in its own reality’’—a struggle that, despite its international dimensions, must be resolved by the principals themselves. Throughout, Deborah Gerner shows how what is happening today is steeped in the history of the region and illustrates ways that theories of international relations can help address questions about the politics of national identity and the roles of economics, culture, religion, and outside actors in fueling or quelling the conflict.In its first edition, this text was commended for its clarity, conciseness, and balanced viewpoint. It has been used in college classrooms ranging from international relations and foreign policy to Middle East studies, religious studies, peace studies, history, English, and many more. This new and fully revised second edition includes updated maps, tables, photos, illustrations, media resources, chronology, and glossary, all of which add to the superb text presentation.

Product Description: The Arab Israeli Conflict is a fundamental research tool for students of the Middle East and for those responsible for U.S. policymaking in that area. It is a successor to John Norton Moore's widely acclaimed three-volume compilation of readings and documents on international law and the Arab Israeli conflict Originally published in 1991...read more

Recounts the story of Hanan Ashrawi, an exceptionally influential woman in the Arab world, the head of a West Bank university, and a principal spokeswoman for the Palestinian cause, who was instrumental in bringing the PLO to the negotiating table. 20,000 first printing.

Product Description: This scholarly book penetrates Jerusalem's significance in the eyes of a Palestinian Christian, an Israeli pastor, a Judaic studies scholar, Old Testament and New Testament specialists, and historians. Each contributor speaks of the Palestinian stake in the city, life of Christians there, social justice and peace, and ancient eras of glory and honor...read more

Product Description: A companion reference to the author's Internetworking Handbook that provides network managers a single source for all the major multivendor software commands. File structures of UNIX, MVS, DEC, OS/40 etc., and all the most frequently used commands included in this one-stop, indispensable reference...read more

Product Description: How should Israel respond to the changing external threats that confront it? This paper argues that the country's traditional security concept is obsolete and must be reformulated. How this is achieved depends on developments within the Middle East and on the outcome of current shifts in Israel's politics and society...read more

An updated edition of the author's discussion of terrorism includes new chapters covering the second Palestinian Intifada and a discussion of the impact of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on U.S. foreign policy.

Narates the history of the conflict between Jews and Arabs in Palestine since the 1800s, when the first Zionist pioneer came to Palestine to present time with the growing number of suicide bombers.

Product Description: Clifford Brown was one of the most influential jazz trumpeters and was a true master of jazz. His fantastic tone, time, feel and command of the jazz language have been inspiring jazz musicians on all instruments for decades. This book breaks down many of the one and two-bar phrases played by Clifford and helps students apply them to their own playing...read more

This concise and comprehensive text presents balanced, impartial, and well-illustrated coverage of the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The authors identify and examine the issues and themes that have characterized and defined the conflict over the past century as well as examining the latest developments in the Middle East, including the most up-to-date assessment of the course of the peace process, as well as its unraveling. A new Epilogue covers the most recent events, including analysis of the Israeli Security Fence.

Product Description: Armed with stones, Kalashnikovs, and the scarcely believable martyrdom of the suicide bomber, a generation of Palestinians has confronted one of the most lethal armies in the Middle East in a battle that has stunned and horrified the world...read more

Pluto's most accessible book on the conflict: ideal for both students and the general reader, this covers the entire 2000-year history of the region.

Beginning with the founding of the State of Israel in May of 1948 and ending with the status of the nation today, a comprehensive chronicle of the history of Israel explores its political, religious, cultural, and economic development

Product Description: In 1997, the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad poisoned Hamas leader Khalid Mishal in broad daylight on the streets of Amman, Jordan. Kill Khalid is the page-turning history of this attempted assassination. Acclaimed reporter Paul McGeough reconstructs the history of Hamas through exclusive interviews with key players across the Middle East and in Washington, including unprecedented access to Mishal himself, who remains to this day one of the most powerful and enigmatic figures in the region...read more

Product Description: Israel is dying. And those responsible are not just the terrorists plotting its destruction, but also the political elites within its borders.Drawing on in-the-field reporting and research that has brought him to the front lines of the Middle East news cycle, acclaimed journalist Aaron Klein spells out the shocking truth...read more

Product Description: This book explains that while anti-Semitism is the credo of fanatic groups and regimes, such an attitude is not representative of traditional and contemporary Islam. Detailing how for centuries Muslim attitudes to Jews were ambivalent—contempt and antagonism alongside tolerance and cooperation—it explains that, in fact, Jews under Islam were better off than their Christian neighbors, and much better off than their Jewish brethren under Christianity...read more

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