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<span class="cie-plus-title">The Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

The Quest for Arab-Israeli PeaceCIE+

“The Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace: Israel’s Disengagement from the Gaza Strip: Precedents, Motivations and Outcomes” Zionism Fulfilled.- Israel’s preemptive physical disengagement from the Gaza Strip in August 2005 was the result of a national consensus;…

Issues and Analyses, Ken's Blog|February 19, 2005
<span class="cie-plus-title">How Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Viewed the 1993 Oslo Accords — A Collection in His Own Words</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

How Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Viewed the 1993 Oslo Accords — A Collection in His Own WordsCIE+

In September 2023, thirty years after the historic signing of the Oslo Accords, there is occasion to review Prime Minister Rabin’s understanding of them. I assembled this collection years ago from Daily Reports- Near East and South Asia, 1993-1995. Two short items about Rabin’s views are also found or linked here. Rabin provided a summary of his views of the Accords in a Knesset speech in October 5, 1995. Some of Rabin’s reasons for signing the Accords are also provided in Yehuda Avner’s The Prime Ministers.

Documents and Sources, Ken's Blog|September 1993-November 1995
<span class="cie-plus-title">“The Intifada and the Uprisings of 1936-1939: A Comparison of the Palestinian Arab Communities”</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

“The Intifada and the Uprisings of 1936-1939: A Comparison of the Palestinian Arab Communities”CIE+

Comparing the 1936-39 Arab uprising in various parts of western Palestine and the intifada that began in 1987 in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, the most striking conclusion is the large number of general similarities between these manifestations of Palestinian national consciousness. The two most significant differences, however, are that the 1987 intifada generated a deeper and more prolonged Palestinian national coherence across all classes than did its predecessor and clarified and crystallized Palestinian opinion, which helped create a historic compromise in Palestinian public policy.

<span class="cie-plus-title">October 27, 1973, “The Link Between War and Diplomacy: The Kilometer 101 Talks After the October 1973 War”</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

October 27, 1973, “The Link Between War and Diplomacy: The Kilometer 101 Talks After the October 1973 War”CIE+

Ken Stein explains in detail how Egyptian and Israeli leaders coached their generals into reaching an understanding on how their troops would be disengaged after the war. On that day, a German-born Egyptian career foreign service officer, Omar Sirry was told to pack his toothbrush and go to meet several Israelis along with other Egyptians at the 101 Kilometer marker for talks.

<span class="cie-plus-title">Explainer: 1973 October War — A Short History</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Explainer: 1973 October War — A Short HistoryCIE+

Egyptian President Sadat colluded with Syrian President Assad to attack Israel on October 6, 1973. Sadat’s objective was not to seek Israel’s destruction but to gain a limited success by crossing the canal. He also sought to engage American diplomacy to generate talks with Israel that would see Israeli withdrawal from Egyptian land Israel secured in the June 1967 War. Sadat took a large gamble by attacking Israel yet he unfolded a negotiating process with Israel that lasted through 1979. He achieved his overarching long-term priority of having Egyptian Sinai returned to Egyptian sovereignty.

<span class="cie-plus-title">Explainer: The Arab-Israel War of 1948 — A Short History</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Explainer: The Arab-Israel War of 1948 — A Short HistoryCIE+

Otherwise known as Israel’s War of Independence, or, “the nakbah” or disaster to the Arab world because a Jewish state was established, the war was fought between the newly established Jewish state of Israel opposed by Palestinian irregulars, and armies from five Arab states. Official beginning of the war is usually given as May 14, 1948, the date Israel declared itself an independent Jewish state, but the war’s first of four phases began in November 1947. Lasting for two years, the war ended with armistice agreements signed in 1949 between Israel and four Arab states.