Class resources and maps (including blank map)

1. Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President - Brookings Institution report on US Foreign Policy
2. Martin Indyk, The future of US-Syrian Relations - Brookings
3. Memo to the President: Renew Diplomacy in the Middle East - Brookings
4. More on USS Liberty - difference between murder and massacre June 1, 2009
5. "The UNSC's responsibility for Middle East peace," by Henry Siegman, Haaretz, July 21, 2009
6. Resolve of West Bank Settlers May Have Limits, NYT Sept 14, 2009
7. Report on Israeli Settlements, FMEP Sept-Oct 2009
8. The Tragedy of Palestinian Divisions - interview with Rashid Khalidi, Oct 2009
9. What does China's ascendance mean for Palestine?, EI Oct. 26, 2009
10. Lawrence Wright, "Letter from Gaza: Captives," The New Yorker, Nov. 9, 2009
11. Palestinian Authority’s Future Is in Question, NYT Nov 10, 2009
12. Unusual Partners Study Divisive Jerusalem Site, NYT Nov 15, 2009
13. Prof. Shai Feldman and Dr. Khalil Shikaki, The Obama Presidency and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, Crown Center, Brandeis University, Nov. 2009
14. West Bank: Soldiers Refuse Orders to Help in Dismantling Settlements , NYT Nov 17, 2009
15. Steven Simon, An Israeli Strike on Iran -CPA Contingency Planning Memorandum No. 5, Council on Foreign Affairs, NY, Nov 2009
16. Henry Siegman, "Imposing Middle East Peace," The Nation, Jan 28, 2010
17. The United States, Israel and the retreat of freedom, by Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 14 January 2010
18. Professor Walid Khalidi to the UN on Jerusalem, Jan 1, 2010
19. NY Times, of course, to keep Bronner as bureau chief, Feb 6, 2010
20. Begin's grandson: 'murderous blood flow in Israeli arteries.' Palestine Telegraph, Feb. 13, 2010
21. Henry Siegman, For Israel, defiance comes at the cost of legitimacy, Financial Times, Feb 23, 2010
22. Petreus report, Foreign Policy, March 2010
23. Avi Shlaim: Cut off the cash and Israel might behave, The Independnent (London), March 21, 2010
24. Top Ten Reasons East Jerusalem does not belong to Jewish-Israelies , Juan Cole March 23, 2010
25. Rami Khouri, On the Verge of Historic Change? Middle East online, March 24, 2010
26. On Israel, Jews and Leaders Often Disagree, NYT May 6, 2010
27. Studies Show Jews’ Genetic Similarity, NYT June 10, 2010
28. Israel Without Clichés, NYT June 10, 2010
29. Israel’s Greatest Loss: Its Moral Imagination, Haaretz, June 11, 2010
30. Attalah and Kodmani, Preparing the End Game, UN Membershuip for Palestine, US/MEPolicy Brief 15, Sept., 2010
31. Israeli Settlers Take Over Palestinian Owned Land In Northern West Bank, PNN, Sept 3, 2010 [just as Netanyahu Abbas talks get underway]
32. Palestinian source: U.S. pressuring Abbas to continue talks even if settlements expand, Haaretz, Sept 3, 2010
33. Nathan Thrall, Our Man in Palestine, New York Review of Books, Oct. 4, 2010
34. Henry Siegman, Peace will not be achieved by deception, Huffington Post, Nov. 5, 2010
35. Justin Elliott, Israel on Iran: So Wrong for So Long," Salon, Dec. 5, 2010