Order 1095440: The Arab-Israeli Conflict

How you will do it

1. Assume the role of U.S. State Department official asked to write a briefing report on a specific period of the Arab-Israeli conflict and peace process. A briefing report should prepare the reader by providing key information about a political situation.

2. Choose (or your teacher will assign) one of the following periods of the conflict/peace process and cite the specific documents related to it in your briefing report: 

· The political origins of the Jewish state and the push to establish the state of Israel after World War II (The Balfour Declaration and The Mandate for Palestine)

· The creation of the state of Israel and the resulting Arab-Israeli War in 1948 (The Partition of Palestine: UN General Assembly Resolution 181 and The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel)

· The formation of the PLO  (UN Security Council Resolution 242)

· The Six-Day War and wave of terrorism that continued throughout the 1970s and the resulting 1979 Camp David Peace Accords (1979 Egypt-Israeli Peace Treaty)

· The intifada in the 1980s and motion towards renouncing terrorism that led to the peace process between Israel and the PLO (Israel-Palestine Liberation Organization Agreement: 1993)

· The peace process between Israel and the Arab nations of Jordan and Syria (Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty of Peace Between Israel and Jordan, 1994)

· The most recent developments in implementing Israeli-Palestinian agreements on the status of West Bank and Gaza Strip territories (Middle East: The Road Map to Peace and Two-state solution)

3. Your report should contain the following: 

· A brief chronology and historical summary of the period covered

· Accompanying maps and/or diagrams where necessary

· Identification of key players and key issues

· Analysis of the historical documents (quoting from the text when appropriate)