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A Brief History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Terrorism" proclaimed by President Bush About the Authors: - following the September 11, 2001 attacks on ¢ Joel Beinin, PhD, has taught Middle East unarmed Palestinians, several international the United States by al-Qa'ida, and pro- history at Stanford University, USA, since human rights organisations have condemned claimed that Yasir Arafat was equivalent to 1983. His research deals primarily with Israel for use of excessive force. The UN Usama bin Laden. the social history of the modern Middle Security Council passed a similar condem- On March 29, 2002, Israeli forces reoccu- East, with a focus on workers, peasants and nation, from which the US abstained, and on pied several West Bank cities and villages minorities. He has also written and lec- October 20 the UN General Assembly under the control of the Palestinian jyred extensively on Israel, Palestine and approved a resolution condemning Israel. _ Authority, effectively bringing an end to the the Arab-Israeli conflict. His recent books Israel, the United States and four Polynesian Oslo process and the institutions it created. jnclude Political Islam: Essays from island nations voted no, and a third of the This military operation wreaked massive inyiddje East Report! (University of assembly abstained. devastation on the governmental structure California Press, 1998, co-edited with Joe Despite a truce agreement at Sharm al- and civil society institutions. The total Stork) and Workers and Peasants in the Sheikh, a later agreement to quell violence number of casualties is unknown as of this \jodern Middle East (Cambridge University between Arafat and Shimon Peres, and Bill writing. Press, 2001). He is currently serving as the Clinton's attempts to restart negotiations for At least 1,600 Palestinians and 450 President of the Middle East Studies January 2001, the second intifada did not Israelis have been killed since the outbreak look like it would end soon. In December of the second intifada, with no end of the Association of North America. He also serves as a contributing editor of MERIP's 2000, Barak called early elections for Prime _ conflict in sight. 00 terlyj |. Middle East Report Minister, to forestall a likely vote of no con- . quarterly journal, Middle ras eport. . fidence in the Knesset. Editor's Note: ¢ Lisa Hajjar, PhD, a sociologist, teaches On February 6, 2001, Likud leader Ariel — This article is reprinted with permission from!" the Law and Society Program at Sharon defeated Ehud Barak and became MERIP, the Middle East Research and University of California, Santa Barbara. Israel's Prime Minister. He proceeded to Information Project, and includes an update She is completing a book, Authority, assemble the most right-wing government in from co-author Joel Beinin as of late April Resistance and the Law: A Study of the Israel's history. The Labor Party joined the 2002. MERIP is an independent, non-profit jsraeli Military Court System in the West coalition as junior partner, providing a fig organisation based in Washington, DC, USA. Bank and Gaza, to be published by eer wpe fort - Visit MERIP's website, http://www.merip.org, ‘ versi ; ; < leaf for intensified military efforts to repress for related stories including the "Primer on the pniversity oleate hams ae the Palestinian uprising. These efforts — palestinian Uprising", which provides addition- ' Ents, failed. A rash of suicide bombings under- | background on the conflict and poses ques- international law and socio-legal issues. mined the personal security of Israelis. tions about mainstream media coverage of the She is an editorial board member of Sharon aligned himself with the "War on _ uprising. Middle East Report. weee pewter unarmed Palestinians, several international the United States by al-Qa'ida, and pro- history at Stanford University, USA, since human rights organisations have condemned claimed that Yasir Arafat was equivalent to 1983. His research deals primarily with Israel for use of excessive force. The UN Usama bin Laden. the social history of the modern Middle Security Council passed a similar condem- On March 29, 2002, Israeli forces reoccu- East, with a focus on workers, peasants and nation, from which the US abstained, and on pied several West Bank cities and villages minorities. He has also written and lec- October 20 the UN General Assembly under the control of the Palestinian tyred extensively on Israel, Palestine and approved a resolution condemning Israel. Authority, effectively bringing an end to the the Arab-Israeli conflict. His recent books Israel, the United States and four Polynesian Oslo process and the institutions it created. jn¢|yde Political Islam: Essays from nd nations voted no, and a third of the This military operation wreaked massive iqyiddje East Report! (University of assembly abstained. devastation on the governmental structure California Press, 1998, co-edited with Joe Despite a truce agreement at Sharm al- and civil society institutions. The total Stork) and Workers and Peasants in the Sheikh, a later agreement to quell violence number of casualties is unknown as of this jjodern Middle East (Cambridge University between Arafat and Shimon Peres, and Bill writing. Press, 2001). He is currently serving as the Clinton's attempts to restart negotiations for At least 1,600 Palestinians and 450 President of the Middle East Studies January 2001, the second intifada did not Israelis have been killed since the outbreak look like it would end soon. In December of the second intifada, with no end of the Association of North America. He also serves as a contributing editor of MERIP's 2000, Barak called early elections for Prime conflict in sight. 00 terlyj |. Middle East Report Minister, to forestall a likely vote of no con- . quarten'y Journay Mugale bast KCpor!. fidence in the Knesset. Editor's Note: ¢ Lisa Hajjar, PhD, a sociologist, teaches On February 6, 2001, Likud leader Ariel — This article is reprinted with permission from!" the Law and Society Program at Sharon defeated Ehud Barak and became MERIP, the Middle East Research and University of California, Santa Barbara. Israel's Prime Minister. He proceeded to Information Project, and includes an update She is completing a book, Authority, assemble the most right-wing government in from co-author Joel Beinin as of late April Resistance and the Law: A Study of the Israel's history. The Labor Party joined the 2002. MERIP is an independent, non-profit /sraeli Military Court System in the West coalition as junior partner, providing a fig organisation based in Washington, DC, USA. Bank and Gaza, to be published by naan a fort . Visit MERIP's website, http://www.merip.org, : A A . leaf for intensified military efforts to repress for related stories including the "Primer on the pniversity Celene tame ace the Palestinian uprising. These efforts — palestinian Uprising", which provides addition- ' Ents, failed. 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