Deborah J. Gerner - One Land, Two Peoples: The Conflict Over Palestine

ONE LAND, TWO PEOPLES

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SECOND EDITION

The Conflict over Palestine

Deborah J. Gerner
University of Kansas

Dilemmas in World Politics Series

First published 1994 by Westview Press

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gerner, Deborah J.
One land, two peoples : the conflict over Palestine / Deborah J. Gerner. 2nd. ed.
p. cm.(Dilemmas in world politics)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8133-2179-4. ISBN 0-8133-2180-8 (pbk.)
1. Jewish-Arab relations1949- 2. Israel-Arab conflicts.
I. Title. II. Series.
DS119.7.G425 1994
956.9405dc20

94-16016
CIP

All photos not otherwise attributed were taken by the author.

ISBN 13: 978-0-8133-2180-6 (pbk)

This book has benefited enormously from the involvement of numerous individuals over the past five years. Conversations with George Lopez, editor of the Dilemmas in World Politics Series, and Miriam Gilbert of Westview Press about our shared commitment to undergraduate education persuaded me to take on the challenge of textbook writing. For this I thank them. Louise Cainkar, Ann M. Lesch, and Karen Mingst critiqued the draft manuscript of the first edition with tremendous care and precision. Their suggestions were superb. Ronald Francisco, Alex Mintz, Jamal Nassar, Julia Pitner, Michael Suleiman, and Antony Sullivan each read sections of the original text and offered valuable insights; Martin Sampson contributed to the initial framing of the manuscript.

In preparing the second edition, I was aided by the illummating comments of those individuals who reviewed the book in print as well as faculty, students, and other readers who passed along to me their reactions and suggestions. These include Hisham H. Ahmed, Nasir Aruri, Ralph Carter, Lenny Chernilla, Walter C. Clemens, Jr., Ray L. Cleveland, Bryan R. Daves, Peter Hahn, Jamil E. Jreisat, Amal Kawar, Fred J. Khouri, Roy E. Licklider, Philip Mattar, Don Peretz, Abdol-Latif Rayan, Robin Roosevelt, Cheryl Rubenberg, Kenneth W. Stein, M. S. Stern, Ann Lesch's students at Villanova University who wrote perceptive book reviews, my own students at the University of Kansas, and members of the Dilemmas in World Politics editorial board. Shannon Davis, Jamie Hubbard, and Jon Pevehouse provided essential research assistance; Peter Lems and Julia Pitner were valuable sources of information on human rights issues and the evolution of the peace negotiations. In the Middle East, Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, Jan Abu-Shakrah, Reyad Agha, Terry Boulatta, Kahlil Tufukji, Anita Vitullo, and Michael Warshawski were particularly helpful. The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations provided me the opportunity to meet with high-level Syrian government officials to whom I would not otherwise have had access. Finally, Philip Schrodt served as my sounding board as this book evolved and read multiple drafts of the manuscript. His incisive comments improved it considerably.

At Westview Press, Jennifer Knerr has offered a keen editorial eye and cheerful encouragement throughout the process; her assistant Eric W. Wright was consistently helpful. Ida May B. Norton's copy editing was clear and sensitive to nuances; Jane Raese carefully guided the second edition through the final production process.

To all these peoplestudents and mentors, friends and colleaguesI express my appreciation, along with the inevitable but essential caveat that none of them should be held responsible for any flaws that remain despite their generous assistance. This text is dedicated to all who are working for self-determination and peaceful coexistence for both Palestinians and Israeli Jews, with the hope that the final decade of the twentieth century will bring a just solution to the long-standing conflict over Palestine.

Deborah J. Gerner

Neither Arabic nor Hebrew transliterates easily into English. As a result, there are a number of different systems of transliteration with varying degrees of linguistic accuracy. Because this is an introductory text, I have chosen to use conventional English-language forms for common personal names and place-names, even though these may be less linguistically pure, and have dropped the "al-" from most names. I have also omitted diacritical marks, including the Arabic ayn and hamza, feeling that this would be less confusing. To those who are familiar with Arabic or Hebrew and are offended by this practical solution, my apologies.

D.J.G.