The Contemporary Middle East. A Documentary History

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CHAPTER 1 Overview F or better or worse, the Middle East of the early twenty-first century was largely shaped by decisions made ...

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be able to influence the outcome of the war, the British government aligned itself with the relatively new movement called “Zion ...

United States ousted Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq and Lebanon’s sectarian communities began a new round in the struggle to ...

against Jews in Jerusalem. Fewer than ten people died in the violence, but several hun- dred were wounded and the experience con ...

Toward Arab Independence DOCUMENT IN CONTEXT Few aspects of modern Middle Eastern history have been as hotly disputed as the cor ...

address the status of Palestine, portions of which would become Israel three decades later. He told Hussein that a new Arab stat ...

Following are the texts of two letters dated July 14 and October 24, 1915, that were exchanged by Sharif Hussein ibn Ali, the am ...

to the best ability of their military and naval forces, to face any foreign Power which may attack either party. Peace not to be ...

The two districts of Mersina and Alexandretta and portions of Syria lying to the west of the districts of Damascus, Homs, Hama, ...

Post–World War I Division DOCUMENT IN CONTEXT While the Hussein-McMahon correspondence took place, Britain and France in Novembe ...

believed the agreement would hamper their plans for a Jewish homeland in Palestine; Italy wanted to assert its territorial inter ...

co-operation of the Arabs is secured, and that the Arabs fulfill the conditions and obtain the towns of Homs, Hama, Damascus, an ...

For a period of twenty years the existing Turkish customs tariff shall remain in force throughout the whole of the blue and red ...

Arab-Jewish Dialogue DOCUMENT IN CONTEXT One of the most intriguing, if ultimately fruitless, documents of the World War I era i ...

degree of reconciliation over Palestine is a matter of conjecture. In any event, nothing sim- ilar was achieved for nearly six d ...

grants upon the land through closer settlement and intensive cultivation of the soil. In taking such measures the Arab peasant a ...

General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission DOCUMENT IN CONTEXT Deliberations at the Paris peace conference early in 1 ...

Syrian declaration also represents one of the first modern attempts by Arab leaders to adopt a united position on the great issu ...