The future of the West Bank and Gaza remains the single most crucial issue in the search for peace in the Middle East. Examining the entire range of possible outcomes, Mark Heller argues that an independent Palestinian state in those territories, even one dominated by the PLO, could, under certain stringent conditions, be the preferred option for Israel. In the first comprehensive treatment of…
This book provides a comprehensive Israeli study and survey of the Palestine Liberation Organisation considering its strategy and tactics, ideology and history. It describes the internal struggles and disputes and the splits and mergers and analyses its organisational structure. It also investigates the PLO's external relations with the Arab world, Iran, China, the USSR, the USA and Western Europe
Akhir Desember 2008, Israel memborbadir Gaza, Palestina. Hanya satu tujuan, membumihanguskan HAMAS dari bumi Palestina. Upaya ini bukan yang pertama. Sejak memenangi Pemilu 2006, Israel dibantu sekutunya berupaya dengan berbagai cara menghancurkan HAMAS. Mengapa HAMAS begitu dibenci Israel?
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod's Palestinian Rights: Affirmation and Denial is a comprehensive study of Palestinian rights within the context of history, politics, and international law. It explores the roots of the Palestine–Israel conflict, explaining how fundamental Palestinian rights—such as the right to land, self-determination, and the right of return—have been recognized by various internation…
Konflik Palestina telah menjadi simbol degradasi pada titik nadir perjalanan peradaban manusia dan seakan-akan selalu menghadirkan mimpi buruk tanpa berbatas. Persoalan di Palestina mengingatkan kita pada sikap keserakahan, kekejaman dan kebengisan dari anak manusia yang satu terhadap anak manusia lainnya, seolah-olah tidak menyisakan sedikit pun harapan untuk rekonsiliasi.
Indonesia sebagai negara yang sangat konsisten dan memiliki komitmen kuat terhadap perdamaian dunia, khususnya terhadap solusi yang adil bagi Palestina berkesempatan untuk menyuarakan asiprasi yang konstruktif dan suportif apabila mengacu pada pesan- pesan yang disampaikan oleh Presiden Obama. Meskipun secara politis, Indonesia berdiri mendukung Palestina dalam mencapai kemerdekaan dan memperol…
Hubungan AS dan israel bagikan laut dan ombaknya, tidak bisa dipisahkan. Apapun yang dilakukan Israel selalu didukung AS. Kalaupun ada kritikan Washington terhadap Tel Aviv, itu tak lebih dari sekadar basa-basi belaka. Buku ini mencoba mengulas salah satu pokok persoalan paling tabu di Amerika: dampak lobi Israel terhadap kebijakan luar negeri Amerika.
EU policy-makers have in the past decade endeavoured to formulate a substantial redefinition of the organisation's international ambitions. Attempting to carve out a new role as a key foreign and security policy actor in international politics, the EU has been involved in peace negotiations across the globe. Here, Taylan Ozgur Kaya looks at how this is enacted, with particular reference to the …
Iraq's invasion of Kuwait marked a major watershed in the modern history of the Middle East with consequences that are likely to affect the whole region for decades to come. But nowhere has the impact of the Gulf War been more immediately and profoundly felt than among the member states of the Gulf Co-operation Council - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. I…
For many, Israel has become the contemporary equivalent of apartheid South Africa - a system and a state with no legitimate place in the modern world. 'A State Beyond the Pale' looks at the roots of anti-Israeli sentiment in Europe and shows why there is now a risk that it may even spread to the United States