Class resources and maps (including blank map)

 

  1. English Summary of the Winograd Commission Report , New York Times, Jan 30, 2008
  2. Henry Siegman, "Grab More Hills, Expand the Territory," London Review of Books, April 10, 2008
  3. "Our Debt to Jimmy Carter," Haaretz Editorial, April 15, 2008
  4. "Asad confirms 'Isaraeli pledge' to quit Golan," Daily Star April 25, 2008
  5. Alain Gresh, "Is Syria Ready for Peace," Le Monde Diplomatique, August 2008
  6. Gary Kamiya, "Taking back the debate over Israel," Salon May 5, 2008
  7. Does the Arab-Israeli Conflict still matter? Taqrir Aug 2008
  8. Dr. Mustapha Barghouty, The Story of Palestinian People - a one-hour video expressing an educated Palestinian view
  9. Paul Craig Roberts (former US Treasury Undersecretary), "War with Russia is on the Agenda," Information Clearing House, Aug 26, 2008
  10. Sample news from Palestinian sources - see also The Electronic Intifada
  11. Israel's leading newspaper: Haaretz
  12. US tax breaks help West Bank settlers - and other Palestine news of Wed., Aug 27, 2008
  13. Palestine news Sept. 1 | Haaretz | Al Jazeera
  14. Summary of Public Opinion Poll of West Bank and Gaza PSR #29 28-30 August 2008 - from PSR Polls
  15. Tony Blair's sister-in-law stranded in Gaza (Associated Press Sept 3, 2008) - although Hundreds cross from Gaza to Egypt (Al-Jazeera, Aug. 30, 2008)
  16. Israel, Syria to discuss border in next round of talks, Haaretz, Sept 3, 2008
  17. *Ehud Barak interview, Al-Jazeera, Sept 3, 2008.
  18. *Israel deliberately forgets its history, Le Monde Diplomatique, Sept 2008
  19. Israel military sees world of threats , BBC News, Sept 4, 2008
  20. Watching ‘Friends’ in Gaza: A Culture Clash, NYTimes, Sept. 7, 2008
  21. Fatah leader: Abbas's security apparatuses protect Israeli citizens, Palestinian News, Sept 6, 2008
  22. Occupied Palestine news, Sept. 8, 2008
  23. *Uri Ram, Critical Studies of Ethnic Nationalism in Israel , MESA Bulletin 41:2 (review of Pappe)
  24. Ali Abunimah, " A new Palestinian strategy or the same failed one? " The Electronic Intifada, 9 September 2008
  25. Palestine Strategy Study Group, Regaining the Initiative (critically discussed in the preceding article)
  26. Jonathan Cook, Jaffa ‘renewal plan’ aims at eviction, The National (Abu Dhabi), Sept. 15, 2008
  27. Jonathan Cook, "Israel's dark arts of ensnaring collaborators," The Electronic Intifada, 13 September 2008
  28. Olmert warns of binational state if no peace deal reached , Haaretz, Sept 16, 2008
  29. Ian S. Lustick, Abandoning the Iron Wall: Israel and “The Middle East Muck,” Middle East Policy, XV: 3 (Fall 2008), pp. 30-56 (for advanced students)
  30. Iran’s President Denies Hostility to Israelis , NYT Sept 19, 2008
  31. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran, Israel on 'collision course', LA Times, Sept 20, 2008
  32. Israeli Palestinians: The Unwanted Who Stayed The Link - download the article - (Americans for Middle East Understanding -AMEU.org)
  33. IDF soldier blinded in one eye after Palestinian woman throws acid in his face , Haaretz, Sept 22, 2008
  34. 19 hurt as terrorist plows car into Jerusalem crowd, Haaretz, Sept. 23, 2008
  35. Tony Judt, Israel: The Alternative, New York Review of Books, Volume 50, Number 16 · October 23, 2003 [compare with # 24 and 25 above]
  36. Benjamin Balint, Blushing for the Jewish State:The Case of Tony Judt, Covent - Global Jewish Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 3 (October 2007 / Cheshvan 5768)
  37. Oral History Interview with Abraham Feinberg [this is a long piece by an American closely connected with the Truman Administration who did much to assist in the boirth of Israel - a long transcript just for historians!]
  38. Survivors in Georgia Tell of Ethnic Killings NYT Aug 19, 2008
  39. Villagers flee 'ethnic cleaning' in Georgia, The Australian, August 29, 2008
  40. Banished: American Ethnic Cleaning (film about ethnic cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia USA)
  41. Open Letter to President Mahmoud Abbas forwarded by Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, Sept. 25, 2008
  42. US Institute of Peace new well reviewed book on negotiating Arab-Israeli peace: intro - should we add it to the syllabus for key actors to read? cheaper at amazon - anyway FYI!--CH P.S. long (25 meg= 1 hr or so) audio presented by the authors in late 2007 at bottom of this page (download into your ipod?) along with the "ten lessons" learned from 1990s and current decade.
  43. Leftist professor: Bomb shows settler violence spilling over Green Line , Haaretz, Sept. 26, 2008
  44. News - Occupied Palestine - Sept. 26, 2008
  45. Radical Settlers Take On Israel , NYT Sept 26, 2008
  46. Jonathan Spyer, "Forward to the Past: The Fall and Rise of One-State Solution," MERIA Sept 2008
  47. Palestine News Oct 2, 2008
  48. Palestine News Oct. 4, 2008
  49. Jonathan Cook, "Israel's army and settlers fall out," The Electronic Intifada, 3 October 2008
  50. " Investigation demanded after prisoner dies in PA custody," Electronic Intifada, 8 October 2008
  51. Jonathan Cook, "Israel's surprising best seller contradicts founding ideology," Electronic Intifada, 9 October 2008
  52. Palestine News Oct. 9, 2008
  53. Book on water issues, Choice Oct. 2008
  54. FNC Speaker questions Nato ineptitude to curb Israeli occupation of Arab lands, Khaleej Times, Oct 9, 2008
  55. Settlements. Settlements. Settlements. (Remember When It Was Kibbutzes?), New Statesman (UK mainstream Left), Oct. 9, 2008
  56. Raymond Deane, Review of Israel's Occupation, The Electronic Intifada, 13 October 2008
  57. Jack Khoury, Peres in Acre: We have many religions, but one set of laws, Haaretz, Oct. 13, 2008
  58. Labor Party, Kadima sign coalition agreement, Haaretz, Oct. 13, 2008
  59. Ali Abunimah, Extremist West Bank settlers help stir Acre violence, The Electronic Intifada, 15 October 2008
  60. Palestine News Oct 19, 2008 (lots of items, including Egyptian efforts to mediate intra-Palestinian dispute)
  61. Israel mulling non-aggression treaty with Lebanon, Haaretz, Oct. 20, 2008
  62. AJC Calls on Publisher to Retract Zionism Chapter in Encyclopedia, AJC, Oct. 10, 2008, referring to this article by Noel Ignatius on Zionism.
  63. Dr. As’ad Ghanem (University of Haifa),"Israel’s “Ethnocracy” and the Demographic Threat", The Jerusalem Fund (Oct. 20-08).
  64. Palestine Center for Human Rights, Report on Deaths of 80 Gaza children 2007-08
  65. From Beirut to 9/11, op-ed by former National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane, New York Times, Oct. 23, 2008
  66. Palestine News Oct 25, 2008 - note reference to absentee property law of 1950.
  67. Israeli Party Leader Seeks Early Elections, NYT Oct. 26, 2008
  68. U.S. Resupplies Lebanon Military to Stabilize Ally, NYT Oct. 26, 2008
  69. Settlers on rampage, Palestine News, Oct. 26, 2008
  70. Syria and Iran Blame U.S. in Blast on Iraq Border, NYT Oct 27, 2008 online
  71. As Israeli Elections Are Called, Livni Is Assessed , NYT Oct 27, 2008
  72. MideastWeb, Middle East News Service - also look at their home page for many resources on refugees, water, security, Jerusalem, and other issues
  73. Aid boat docks in Gaza, El Jazeera, Oct 29, 2008
  74. El Jazeera video on US positions concerning the Israeli settlements, (retrieved Oc t. 30, 2008)
  75. Another scientific way of checking out of Zionist historical narrative disucssed in #52 above and also in Haaretz article by Tom Segev (forget the last part when he stops discussing Tel Aviv U historian Prof. Zand)? - cf. the Phoenicians
  76. And here is a bit of spillover from Iraq: Thousands protest in Damascus, NYT 29 Oct 2008
  77. Hamas advisor on talking to the US, Fatah and Israel, Electronic Intifada, Oct 28, 2008
  78. An Idiot Wind, Washington Post Oct 31, 2008 - a well deserved editorial rebuke by one of our 4 principal national newspapers to an idiot McCain use of a an anti Arab racist card in his desperate last minute Hail Mary pass - Prof Rashid Khalidi of Columbia University is a former president of the Middle East Studies Association!
  79. Palestine News Oct 31, 2008
  80. Israel Acts to Cut Off Funds to Illegal Settlements, NYT Nov 3, 2008
  81. Lebanon detains 'Israeli spies', El-Jazeera, Nov 2, 2008
  82. Matthew Levitt, Negotiating Under Fire, Oct 31, 2008, Foreign Policy Research Institute
  83. PA continues arrest campaign of Hamas supporters in West Bank EI Oct 30, 2008
  84. Palestine News Nov 2, 2008
  85. Rami Khouri, Power-sharing and Conflict Resolution, Middle East Online, Nov. 3, 2008
  86. How Israel helps eavesdrop on US citizens, by Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 3 November 2008
  87. IOF Incursion Kills Six, Destroys Civilian Property in Gaza (press release of Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Nov 5, 2008)
  88. Will Tzipi Livni be able to be prime minister of Israel?, Safe Democracy Foundatin, Nov. 6, 2008
  89. Palestine News Nov. 6, 2008
  90. In Israel, Rice Faces Limited Prospects for Peace Process, NYT, Nov. 7, 2008
  91. Israel demolishes homes for 'City of David' heritage site, The Independent (London), Nov. 7, 2008
  92. Palestinians enter Hebron mosque by thousands in closure protest, Ma'an News Agency, Nov. 7, 2008
  93. Amira Hass, Haniyeh: Hamas willing to accept Palestinian state with 1967 borders, Haaretz, Nov. 9, 2008
  94. Ehud Olmert, 'The Time Has Come to Say These Things' The New York Review of Books 55:19 (Dec. 4, 2008).
  95. Defense for AIPAC spy suspects: Data at core of case was not really 'top secret' , Haaretz, Nov. 5, 2008
  96. Lawyer of Accused Ex-Aipac Official Says Community Forsaking Its Own, Forward, May 22, 2008
  97. Gareth Porter, Documents linking Iran to nuclear weapons push may have been fabricated, Nov. 10, 2008
  98. Settlers Who Long to Leave the West Bank, NYT , Nov 14, 2008
  99. Emanuel Apologizes for Father’s ‘Arab’ Comments, NYT , Nov 14, 2008
  100. Palestine News Nov. 17, 2008
  101. FMEP, Settlements Report, Nov-Dec 2008 (with useful maps)
  102. Greg Gause, Nuclear Overreaction , The National, Nov 21, 2008 - here is a provocative article about how we are overreacting to the Iran threat --CH
  103. Palestine News Nov. 26, 2008
  104. Does the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Still Matter? - discussion July 1, 2008 at the Brookings Institution
  105. Israel asks Bush to explain its 'special relationship' with U.S. to Obama , Haaretz, Nov. 26, 2008 - might a US deal with Iran lead to nuclear free SW Asia?
  106. Geoffrey Aronson, Tinkering...will not end occupation or settlement, FMEP Report, Nov-Dec 2008 - study Olmert's final status maps pp 4-5.
  107. Think-tank comments on Iran worry Israel, Jerusalem Post, Dec 3, 2008
  108. Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President - Brookings Institution report on US Foreign Policy
  109. Martin Indyk, The future of US-Syrian Relations - Brookings
  110. Memo to the President: Renew Diplomacy in the Middle East - Brookings
  111. More on USS Liberty - difference between murder and massacre June 1, 2009

Main page
Dec. 3, 2008
Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin.
Questions, Comments, and Suggestions to chenry@mail.utexas.edu