...Nathan J. Brown The drama of international diplomacy has only obscured an ongoing, steady erosion of statehood as a focus of Palestinian aspirations. © 2011 Current History. All rights reserved. 2011 The Regents of the University of California Nathan Brown Palestine Israel United...

... Israel Palestine Al Qaeda Saddam Hussein Dick Cheney Donald Rumsfeld United States Ariel Sharon Whatever the verdict of future historiansabout the wisdom of President GeorgeW. Bush s foreign policies, one abiding irony will stand out: the United States became more entangled in the Middle...

... or brutal domination by one community over another. © 2001 Current History. All rights reserved. 2001 The Regents of the University of California Israel Palestine Ariel Sharon Oslo Palestinian Authority George Bush Hamas South Africa Diaspora Intifada Agrowing chorus of dissenters...

... Israel Palestine Ariel Sharon Oslo Gaza West Bank Green Line World Bank United Nations George Bush Not long ago, two Israeli journalists weregiven the opportunity to purchase 100 olivetrees. The trees, they discovered, had been uprooted from Palestinian lands by Israeli bulldoz- ers...

..., the dominant (secular) nationalist fac- tion of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), effectively sidelined the role of civil society includ- ing secular and Islamic institutions in the struggle to end Israeli occupation. This contributed to the reascendance of the political-military sector...

... of the University of California Balkans guerrilla Islam Israel Lebanon Palestine Liberation Organization religion revolutionary Russia terrorism The September 11 attack has created a resolve in America and elsewhere to end terror everywhere. But the history of terror does not inspire much confi...

... for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, https://www.ucpress.edu/journals/reprints-permissions . 2001 Current History Palestine prime minister scandal 21 Only two years after celebrating its...

... and Permissions web page, https://www.ucpress.edu/journals/reprints-permissions . 2001 Current History Clinton Barak Arafat Israel Palestine The framing of issues between Israel and the Palestinians in religious terms, fueled by the question of Jerusalem, has led to the beginning of a transforma...

... the University of California Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, https://www.ucpress.edu/journals/reprints-permissions . 2001 Current History Clinton Syria Israel Palestine Bush Camp David The Middle East has been a major diplomaticpriority for every American president sinceLyndon Johnson...