These hundred or so terms were provided to students at the beginning of each semester in Ken Stein’s Arab-Israeli conflict class taught at Emory University.
The terms are important concepts, peoples and events which would help them in reviewing content from their readings and lecture notes. The terms were provided to students for a quarter century from the 1990s to 2017. Students were not expected to learn the terms as facts, but to understand them in the context of the unfolding conflict over time. And particularly to understand how many of the terms connected with one another. Students repeatedly remarked that having these terms prior to doing theassigned readings and hearing the lectures allowed them to build broad familiarity with the ins and outs of the conflict.
IMPORTANT TERMS, NAMES, EVENTS AND DATES
Dr. Kenneth W. Stein, Emory University, Fall 1994-Spring 2021
Topography, geography, geology and ecology of the Middle East
Political Cultures of monotheistic religions
Absence of resources – who has cultivable land and water?
Arab societies- characteristics
Jews in diaspora- characteristics
Origins and tenets of Islam and Judaism
Relevance of Holy Land to major monotheistic religions
Jewish historical connection to Land of Israel, Zion-Jerusalem
Middle East’s geographical importance to external powers
British and French goals in M.E. in 19th and 20th centuries
Early Zionist thinking – Alkalai, Hess, Pinsker Ahad Ha’am, Syrkin
Ottoman Empire’s objectives with Arab provinces
Millets
Sultan Abdul Hamid
Young Turks
Evolution of Arabism
Origins of Political Zionism and Practical Zionism -> Synthesis
Dreyfus affair
Herzl and Nordau
Who were the Arabs living in Palestine in the 19th century?
Sherif Husayn (Hashemites) and Ibn Saud (Saudis) and Rashidis
Socio-economic composition of Palestine/Eretz Yisrael area
Musha’—Arab village politics
Albert Hourani and ‘Politics of Notables’
Palestine during World war I- effects and impact
Prince Feisal, Chaim Weizmann, and Emir Abdullah
Hussein-McMahon Correspondence, 1914-1915
Sykes-Picot Agreement, 1916
Balfour Declaration, 1917
The dual obligation: was it equal?
Zionist Commission, Palestine Zionist Executive, Jewish Agency
Majority Arab population impoverishment carries from Ottoman times
WWI in Palestine and Middle East
Churchill White Paper, 1922
Jewish immigrations- aliyot
Herbert Samuel, 1920-1925, “internal partition” – spatial separation
Supreme Muslim Council, Muslim Christian Associations, Arab Executive
Jewish Agency, Jewish National Fund, Haganah, Histadrut, kibbutzim
August 1929 Disturbances
Sir John Chancellor, 1928-1931
Shaw Report, March 1930
Hope-Simpson Report, July 1930
Passefield White Paper, October 1930
MacDonald Letter, 1931
David Ben-Gurion and Zionist socialism
Mufti Hajj Amin al-Husseini- radicalization of PANM
Menachem Begin and Vladmir Jabotinsky – Revisionist Zionism
Irgun/Stern Gang
Jewish and Arab institution building: similarities and differences
Arab opposition to Zionism and recognition that a Jewish state is in the making
Arab Revolt in Palestine, 1936-1939
Peel Report, 1937
May 1939 White Paper Immigration and Land Transfer Regulations
Mufti rejects majority Arab state in 10 years because Jews will be part of it
The Holocaust, 1939-1945
Ben-Gurion’s Biltmore Hotel Speech, May 1942
Arab League, 1945
Arab boycott of Israel- 1945—de-legitimation commences
King David Hotel, July 1946
UNSCOP, majority and minority reports- two state solution
Cold war entering the ME—Truman Doctrine and USSR
Arab state involvement – Transjordan vs the rest—collusion with Zionists?
1947 United Nations Partition Resolution, UNGA, 181
Truman Doctrine – cold war impact on March 1947
Nakbah/Israel Independence War, 1947-1949 impact on Zionists, Arabs, and Palestinians – No treaties, Armistice agreements
Dir Yassin and Kfar Etzion, eg of violence in civil war prior to 1948 war.
Israel’s Declaration of Independence, 1948
1948 United Nations Resolution, UNGA, 194
Arab refugees/Jewish refugees—how many, when, what happens to them?
US State Depart strongly prefers no Jewish state—then in mid 1948 says OK
Palestinian refugees- how many and where; UNWRA
Ben-Gurion and Mufti- leadership choices
Jews from Arab lands immigrate/flea to Israel, 1948-1952
Israel accepted into UN – May 1949
IMPORTANT TERMS, NAMES, EVENTS AND DATES
OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT, 1949-1969
Arab state transitions from monarchies to autocracies
Truman Doctrine – cold war impact on
Palestinian refugees- how many and where; UNWRA
Arab boycott of Israel- impact
French-British-American Tripartite Declaration, 1950
Egyptian-Soviet arms deal, 1955
Nassar
Pan-Arabism
The Baghdad Pact, 1955
Suez War, 1956 – causes and effects
Eisenhower Doctrine, 1958
West Bank and Gaza under Jordanian and Egyptian control
PLO’s creation and PLO Charter/Covenant
Shuqayri and Arafat
Arab Cold War – fears of Egyptian hegemony
Events of May 1967
The U.N. and U Thant
June 1967 war – causes and effects
Evolution of U.S-Israeli relations, 1950s and 1960s
Levi Eshkol and Moshe Dayan
Khartoum summit conference, August 1967
UNSC Resolution 242, November 1967
Development of “conceptia” in Israel
IMPORTANT TERMS, NAMES, EVENTS AND DATES
OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT, 1969-1989
Roger’s Plan, 1969
War of Attrition
Cold War heats up in Middle East
Sadat is the difference maker
October 1973 War – causes and effects
Kilometer 101 talks – Egyptian and Israeli Generals negotiate separation of forces
Geneva Middle East peace conference, December 1973
Sinai I agreement, January 1974- what is Henry Kissinger’s “shuttle diplomacy?”
Syrian-Israeli Disengagement agreement, May 1974
Rabat Arab summit resolution on the PLO, October 1974
Sinai II agreement, September 1975 -American civilians do what?
The Brookings Institution statement on the Middle East, November 1975
Carter’s efforts to convene a Middle East Peace conference, 1977
Sadat’s visit to Jerusalem, November 1977
MENA House talks, political and military committees yield what?
Leeds Castle talks, July 1978
Camp David Accords, September 1978
Iranian Revolution- shah falls- Ayatollah’s rule- Political Islam on ascendency
Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty, March 1979
Venice Declaration, May 1980
Carter Doctrine- Persian Gulf is a US priority – 1980
Settlements expansion
Sadat assassinated, October 1991- Mubarak keeps course steady with Israel
Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, June 1982
Reagan Statement, September 1982
Fez Declaration, September 1982
PLO Tunis Headquarters bombed by Israelis, October 1986
Intifadah, December 1987—causes and effects
Jordan’s “disengagement” from the West Bank, July 1988
Hamas established, 1988
The U.S.- PLO dialogue commences, December 1988 : Conditions for
Hamas emergence and growth – principles and purposes
The Gulf war, January 1991- causes, results, impact
Baker cobbles together terms for a M.E. Peace conference, 1991 – how and why to Arabs play?
The Madrid Middle East Peace Conference, October 1991
Labor returns to power in Israel, June 1992
Israel and PLO mutual recognition, September 1993 – Oslo Accrods
Declaration of Principles or Oslo I, September 1993
Jordanian-Israeli Treaty, October 1994
Oslo II, September 1995
Rabin assassinated, November 1995
Palestinian elections, January 1996
Terrorists attacks against Israelis, February-March 1996
Benjamin Netanyahu elected Israeli Prime Minister, May 1996
Western Wall Tunnel Incident, September 1996
Hebron agreement, January 1997
Wye River conference and memorandum, October 1998
IMPORTANT TERMS, NAMES, EVENTS AND DATES
OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT, 1999-present
King Hussein dies, February 1999: impact on Jordan and negotiations
Barak elected Israeli PM, May 17, 1999
Sharm al-Sheikh Agreement, September 1999
Bashar Assad succeeds father, June 2000: impact on Syria and negotiations?
Camp David summit, Arafat, Barak, Clinton, July 2000
Outbreak of Violence against Israel by Palestinians, September 2000 – 2nd Intifadah
Unilateralism: terrorism, withdrawals, settlements,
Impact of 9/11 on A-I Conflict
US Foreign Policy before and after 9/11
Two state solution to the conflict picks up speed in embrace
Syrian, Iranian, Hizballah alliance: impact for Palestinians and Israel
Arab League summit resolutions, 2002
American led invasion topples Iraqi leader, April 2003
The Quartet and its “Road Map”
Israel Separation Wall/Fence/ Barrier: purposes, objections, effectiveness?
Arafat’s Legacy- dies November 2004
Unilateral Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, August 2005: reasons and implications
Hamas elected to run PA, Jan 2006; implications for PA and PANM
Hamas grabs power from PA in Gaza Strip
Inter-Palestinian struggle for leadership – Gaza vs. Ramallah
Lebanese PM assassinated, March 2006
Sharon gives way to Olmert, March 2006- Sharon had reversed political course
Israeli-Lebanese war July-August 2006
Syrian “nuclear installation” destroyed by Israel, September 2007
International Middle East Peace Conference plans, Fall 2007
Syrian Civil war – half a million Syrians killed, 5 million homeless, Iranian troops in Syria- 2011
Netanyahu as Israeli PM 2010 – 2020
UN Res 2334 – in abstaining US severely condems Israel settlement policies – 2017
MOU – US and Israel 10yrs military aid – 2016
US President Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital – 2017
US President Trump Proclaims Golan Heights part of Israel – 2019
Abraham Accords, September 2020
PA and PLO in dither that Arab states embrace Israel without political something for Palestinians
End of 2020, Six Arab states recognize Israel
2021 Biden Administration advocates strongly for two-station solution, realizes it is in the distance
Gaza-Israel (fourth conflict) May 2021
Naftali Bennett becomes Israeli Prime Minister, June 2021
US withdraws from Afghanistan- US pulling in presence- August 2021
Russia invades Ukraine – says what about a geographic neighbors and territorial depth – Feb 2022
Palestinian political community riven by division, February 2022