The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine

Preface
Chronology
List of Figures
 
1 The Origins of the Conflict
Palestine Before the First World War • Zionism and Jewish Communities in Palestine • Arabs and Jews in Palestine –Neighbors or Enemies?
 
2 The First World War and the British Mandate
Palestine in the First World War • British Intervention During the War • The Balfour Declaration, 1917 • The British Mandate for Palestine • The Development of the Jewish Community in Palestine
 
3 British Rule in Palestine, 1929–39
The Impact of British Rule on the Arabs in Palestine • The Development of Palestinian Nationalism in the 1930s • The Arab Revolt, 1936–39
 
4 UN Partition, Israel, and War, 1945–49
The End of the British Mandate • The UN Partition Plan and Civil War, 1947–48 • Contrasting Narratives of the Palestinian Exodus • The War of 1948–49
 
5 Palestinians and Israelis in the 1950s and 1960s
The Palestinian Diaspora • The Re-Emergence of Palestinian Nationalism • Jewish Immigration and the Economic Development of Israel • The Arab–Israeli Conflict in the 1950s and 1960s • The Aftermath of the Six-Day War
 
6 The Israeli Occupation of the Palestinian Territories
Israeli Occupation of the Palestinian Territories – The West Bank and Gaza • Settlement Building
 
7 Palestinian Resistance from 1967 to the First Intifada in 1987
Fatah and the PLO • Terrorism and the Palestinian Struggle • The PLO in Lebanon • The First Intifada, 1987–93
 
8 The Rise and Demise of the Oslo Peace Process, 1993–2000
The Road to Oslo • The Oslo Accords of 1993 and 1995 • The West Bank and Gaza After Oslo • Camp David, 2000
 
9 From the Second Intifada to War in Gaza,2000–08
The Second Intifada, 2000–05 • The Israeli Evacuation of Gaza, 2005 • The Rise of Hamas
 
10 Palestinians and Israelis in the Age of Netanyahu, 2009 to 2021
Netanyahu and Obama • War in Gaza, 2014 • Arab Israelis and the Nation-State Law, 2018 •

Michael Scott-Baumann is a graduate of Cambridge University and has an MA from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He has 35 years’ experience as a history teacher and lecturer. He has traveled widely in the Middle East and worked as a volunteer under the auspices of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, with whom he conducted field work on the West Bank. He lives in Cheltenham, England.