A New View of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Needs and Narratives to Negotiation

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Jay Rothman

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Palestinian refugees.

Palestinian refugees, 1948

Palestinian refugees, 1948.

King Solomon dedicating the Temple at Jerusalem.

King Solomon dedicating the Temple at Jerusalem

King Solomon dedicating the Temple at Jerusalem. Painting by James Tissot, c. 1896–1902.

United Nations postage stamp.

United Nations postage stamp, 1981

United Nations postage stamp, 1981.

Falastin newspaper.

Falastin newspaper

Falastin newspaper was the first to warn about the perceived dangers of Zionism. June 18, 1936.

Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.

Menachem Begin

Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at Andrews Air Force Base, 1978.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, NY, September 27, 2012.

Theodor Herzl.

Theodor Herzl

Theodor Herzl, circa 1900.

Orient House.

Former PLO headquarters

Orient House, the former PLO headquarters in Jerusalem

Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat.

Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat

Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993.

Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.

Golda Meir

Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, March 1, 1973.

'Departure of the Israelites.'

"Departure of the Israelites"

"Departure of the Israelites," by David Roberts, 1829.

Arab scholars at an Abbasid library.

Arab scholars at an Abbasid library

Arab scholars at an Abbasid library. Illustration by Yahyá al-Wasiti, Baghdad, Iraq, 1237.

The phrase 'Bismillah' in an 18th-century Islamic calligraphy from the Ottoman region.

The phrase "Bismillah"

The phrase "Bismillah" (in the name of God) in an 18th-century Islamic calligraphy from the Ottoman region.

Passport stamps from the Polish Republic.

Passport stamps from the Polish Republic

Passport stamps from the Polish Republic in 1934 for Jewish immigrants to Palestine.

Sabra and Shatila massacre memorial.

Sabra and Shatila massacre memorial in Beirut, Lebanon

Sabra and Shatila massacre memorial in Beirut, Lebanon.

Anwar Sadat.

Anwar Sadat

Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, at Andrews Air Force Base, 1980.

Sbarro pizza restaurant bombed by a Hamas suicide bomber.

Sbarro pizza restaurant bombed during the Second Intifada

Sbarro pizza restaurant bombed by a Hamas suicide bomber in Jerusalem during the Second Intifada.

Large-scale Jewish immigration during the British Mandate era.

Arab revolt of 1936-1939

Large-scale Jewish immigration during the British Mandate era motivated the Arab revolt of 1936-1939.

Workers outside a mineshaft in Belgian Congo.

Belgian Congo Mineshaft

Workers outside a mineshaft in Belgian Congo ca. 1900-1915.

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Jay Rothman , "A New View of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Needs and Narratives to Negotiation" , Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective

November, 2015

https://origins.osu.edu/article/new-view-israeli-palestinian-conflict-needs-and-narratives-negotiation.