Arab-Israeli War, Arab Israeli Peace

I.Introduction  The Region's Central Ideological Conflict

II.1956 War A.Background 1.Fidaiyin, Qibya and the Gaza Raid 2.Arms Purchase and the Nationalization of the Suez Canal B.War (October-November 1956)

II.1956 War C.Consequences 1.Israeli Military Victory 2.Nasir: Military Defeat; Political Victory 3.Imperial Retreat 4.The Cold War Comes to the Middle East

III.1967 War A.Background B.The Six Day War (June 5-June 10) C.Results 1.Israel 2.Arab States 3.Resolution Palestinian Nationalism

IV.The 1973 War A.Background 1.Anwar al-Sadat B.The Yom Kippur War (October 6-22) C.Results

V.Lurching Toward Peace A.Shuttle Diplomacy 1.First Disengagement Accord (Jan 1974) 2.Israeli-Syrian Disengagement Accord (May 1974) 3.Second Disengagement Accord (Sept 1975)

V.Lurching Toward Peace B.Arab Rejectionism C.Likud’s Victory, June 1977 D.Sadat's Breakthrough 1.Ismailia

VI.Camp David Accords (September 1978) A.Success: Egyptian-Israeli Peace B.Failure: “A Framework for Peace in the Middle East”

VI.Camp David Accords (September 1978) C.The Limits of Peace 1.Arab Boycott 2.Settlements and Annexation

VII.Israel’s Invasion of Lebanon A.Postwar Lebanon 1.National Pact of Mounting Problems 3.Civil War (April )

VII.Israel’s Invasion of Lebanon B.Operation Peace for Galilee (June 1982) 1.Origins 2.Invasion 3.Results

The Six-Day War

The IDF

Airpower

VIII. Conclusion “An Eye for an Eye” The Changing Peace Process