P. R. Kumaraswamy is Professor of contemporary Middle East in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. From 1992 to 1999, he was a research fellow at the Harry S Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Jerusalem. Since joining JNU in September 1999, he has been researching, teaching and writing on various aspects of the contemporary Middle East. His works include Squaring the Circle: Mahatma Gandhi and the Jewish National Home (2018), India’s Israel Policy (2010) and Historical Dictionary of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (2015, second edition). In October 2009, he set up the virtual Middle East Institute, New Delhi, and serves as its honorary director. In addition, he is the editor of the refereed quarterly Contemporary Review of the Middle East and the series editor of Persian Gulf: India’s Relations with the Region.

• Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 Approaches and Problems 3 Dimensions of the Conflict4 Jewish National Home 5 Balfour Declaration 6 Mandate Palestine7 Partition of Palestine 8 War of 1948 9 Suez Crisis of 1956 10 June 1967 War 11 UNSC Resolution 242 12 October War of 197313 The Palestinian Resistance 14 Arab Boycott of Israel 15 Non-conventional Challenges 16 Madrid Conference of 1991 17 The Oslo Process 18 Changing Palestinian Strategies 19 Occupied Territories 20 Jerusalem 21 The Refugee Problem 22 Other Contentious Issues 23 Peace-Making Efforts 24 Role of External Players 25 India and Arab-Israeli Conflict 26 Resolving the Arab-Israeli Conflict Index

P. R. Kumaraswamy is Professor of contemporary Middle East in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. From 1992 to 1999, he was a research fellow at the Harry S Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Jerusalem. Since joining JNU in September 1999, he has been researching, teaching and writing on various aspects of the contemporary Middle East. His works include Squaring the Circle: Mahatma Gandhi and the Jewish National Home (2018), India’s Israel Policy (2010) and Historical Dictionary of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (2015, second edition). In October 2009, he set up the virtual Middle East Institute, New Delhi, and serves as its honorary director. In addition, he is the editor of the refereed quarterly Contemporary Review of the Middle East and the series editor of Persian Gulf: India’s Relations with the Region.

• Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 Approaches and Problems 3 Dimensions of the Conflict4 Jewish National Home 5 Balfour Declaration 6 Mandate Palestine7 Partition of Palestine 8 War of 1948 9 Suez Crisis of 1956 10 June 1967 War 11 UNSC Resolution 242 12 October War of 197313 The Palestinian Resistance 14 Arab Boycott of Israel 15 Non-conventional Challenges 16 Madrid Conference of 1991 17 The Oslo Process 18 Changing Palestinian Strategies 19 Occupied Territories 20 Jerusalem 21 The Refugee Problem 22 Other Contentious Issues 23 Peace-Making Efforts 24 Role of External Players 25 India and Arab-Israeli Conflict 26 Resolving the Arab-Israeli Conflict Index

P. R. Kumaraswamy is Professor of contemporary Middle East in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. From 1992 to 1999, he was a research fellow at the Harry S Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Jerusalem. Since joining JNU in September 1999, he has been researching, teaching and writing on various aspects of the contemporary Middle East. His works include Squaring the Circle: Mahatma Gandhi and the Jewish National Home (2018), India’s Israel Policy (2010) and Historical Dictionary of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (2015, second edition). In October 2009, he set up the virtual Middle East Institute, New Delhi, and serves as its honorary director. In addition, he is the editor of the refereed quarterly Contemporary Review of the Middle East and the series editor of Persian Gulf: India’s Relations with the Region.

• Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 Approaches and Problems 3 Dimensions of the Conflict4 Jewish National Home 5 Balfour Declaration 6 Mandate Palestine7 Partition of Palestine 8 War of 1948 9 Suez Crisis of 1956 10 June 1967 War 11 UNSC Resolution 242 12 October War of 197313 The Palestinian Resistance 14 Arab Boycott of Israel 15 Non-conventional Challenges 16 Madrid Conference of 1991 17 The Oslo Process 18 Changing Palestinian Strategies 19 Occupied Territories 20 Jerusalem 21 The Refugee Problem 22 Other Contentious Issues 23 Peace-Making Efforts 24 Role of External Players 25 India and Arab-Israeli Conflict 26 Resolving the Arab-Israeli Conflict Index