Arab-Israeli Politics
Class 19: Toward
Explaining the Breakdown and the "Second (Al-Aqsa)
Intifada"
Frontline "Shattered
Dreams of Peace" 2 hours of video about
the breakdown of the Oslo peace process 2000-2002 you may see in the
Mezes 2.104 Liberal
Arts computer lab. You may also read the
complete transcript online
at pbs.
Also there is an excellent recent book on
the subject: Clayton E. Swisher, The Truth
About Camp David (NY, 2004)
But first, recall Beirut, October 23, 1983, the
bombing of the US Marine barracks killing 241 of our marines and
other military personnel - here is the commentary on the 25th
anniversary of this tragedy, by Reagan's National Secuerity Advisor
at the time, showing that they
learned nothing:
From
Beirut to 9/11, op-ed by former National Security Advisor Robert
McFarlane, New York Times, Oct. 23, 2008. Note McFarlane's
effort to link Shi'ite Hizbollah in Lebanon 1983 to Jihadist Sunni
Osama Bin Laden in Saudi Arabia/Afghanistan in 1991-2001.
The Clinton Administration: the contradictions
of "benign" neglect of the peace process while pushing "dual
containment" in the Gulf
- background: secret Oslo negotiations 1992-93
(video
20-PBS 50 Years)
- the missed Syrian track (video
21-PBS 50 Years)
- assassination of Rabin by a rightwing Jewish
fanatic - November 1995 - video
22
- election of Benjamin ("Bibi") Netanyahu - May
1996 - video
23
- Failure of the 4th MENA Economic Summit in
Doha, Qatar, November 1997
The Rush to Camp David - July 2000
- Wye Accords of October 1998 - little progress
- side agreement with Israel concerning Iran
- Clinton's domestic problems
- Election of Ehud Barak June 1999
Readings:
- @ Robert Malley,
Fictions
About the Failure at Camp David, New York Times, July 8, 2001.
- Avi Shlaim,
excerpt
from "The Lost Steps," The Nation, Aug 30, 2004.
- Optional:
- Deborah Sonntag,
Quest for
Mideast Peace: How and Why It Failed, New York Times, July 26,
2001
- Dennis Ross,
FROM
OSLO TO CAMP DAVID TO TABA: Setting the Record Straight
(Wash Institute of Near East Policy).
- Nigel Parry,
Misrepresentation
of Barak's offer at Camp David as "generous" and
"unprecedented"
- ARIJ,
The
withdrawal percentages: what do they really mean?
- David Newman,
"Is
reconciliation still possible?" Jersualem Post, June 13, 2001
- The
Mitchell Plan (February 2001)
- Clayton E. Swisher, The Truth About Camp David (NY,
2004)
-
23 October 2008
Department
of Government, College
of Liberal Arts, University
of Texas at Austin., Questions, Comments, and Suggestions to
chenry@mail.utexas.edu