A Concise History of the Middle East

406 • 20 THE GULF WAR AND THE PEACE PROCESS civilian Iraqis. The embargo on Iraq was increasingly resented in the Mid¬ dle East. ...

Palestinians and the Peace Process ••• 407 village refused to pay taxes to Israel's authorities. The intifada began spon¬ taneou ...

408 • 20 THE GULF WAR AND THE PEACE PROCESS year, the Palestine National Council voted to declare an independent "State of Pales ...

Palestinians and the Peace Process ••• 409 man whom they elected, a moderate Christian acceptable to Syria, was as¬ sassinated a ...

410 • 20 THE GULF WAR AND THE PEACE PROCESS After eight trips to the Middle East, US Secretary of State James Baker managed to s ...

Palestinians and the Peace Process ••• 411 tion of Principles, also called the Oslo I Accord. The ceremony included brief speech ...

412 • 20 THE GULF WAR AND THE PEACE PROCESS Yasir Arafat S ources disagree on where Yasir Arafat (1929-2004) was born. Some say ...

Palestinians and the Peace Process ••• 413 other Arab countries. Jordan's King Husayn had long talked secretly with Israel about ...

414 • 20 THE GULF WAR AND THE PEACE PROCESS Accords. Netanyahu even agreed to withdraw Israeli troops from most of Hebron in Jan ...

Palestinians and the Peace Process ••• 415 Barak's offers to Arafat at Camp David seemed generous to Israel's back¬ ers, but in ...

416 • 20 THE GULF WAR AND THE PEACE PROCESS politicians felt were Barak's overly generous offers at Camp David. The prime minist ...

Whither Islam? • 417 can backers were expressed by acts of terrorism against government offi¬ cials, Copts, foreign tourists, an ...

418 • 20 THE GULF WAR AND THE PEACE PROCESS Mubarak since 1981, and Saudi Arabia by King Fahd since 1982. However, these countri ...

TWENTY-ONE The War on Terrorism The eastern US was basking in warmth and sunshine on the morning of 11 September 2001. Cars carr ...

420 • 21 THE WAR ON TERRORISM academe, the US Congress, and the White House, as the national interest. American policy formulati ...

Survey of Terrorism • 421 Eastern events from 2000 to 2005? What happens in the coming years will highlight some events at the e ...

422 • 21 THE WAR ON TERRORISM "state-sponsored terrorism," acts that have been ordered and paid for by established governments. ...

Survey of Terrorism ••• 423 torial integrity. The Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) fought openly for inde¬ pendence and committed ter ...

424 • 21 THE WAR ON TERRORISM US occupation. Many Iranians feel threatened by the American invasion of neighboring Afghanistan i ...

Survey of Terrorism ••• 425 Lebanon, despite the Syrian occupation (or because of it), has recovered economically from its long ...