The Bride and the Dowry: Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians in the Aftermath of the June 1967 War

475 Pages·2012·4.78 MB·English

by  Avi Raz

Th e Bride and
the Dowry
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The Bride
and
the Dowry
Israel, Jordan,
and the Palestinians
in the Aft ermath
of the June 1967 War
A V I R A Z
New Haven and London
Copyright © 2012 by Avi Raz.
Maps by Yoram Neeman, copyright © 2012 by Yoram Neeman.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Raz, Avi.
Th e bride and the dowry : Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians
in the aft ermath of the June 1967 War / Avi Raz.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-300-17194-5 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Israel-Arab War,
1967—Infl uence. 2. Arab-Israeli confl ict—1967–1973. I. Title.
DS127.85.R39 2012
956.04'6—dc23
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“What could I do! Facts are such horrid things!”
Jane Austen, Lady Susan
“Th e past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun
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Contents
List of Maps ix
Prologue: Two Peoples, One Land xi
Preface xiii
Dramatis Personae xxv
List of Abbreviations xxxii
Introduction 1
one Th e Two Options: 5 June– Early July 1967 25
two Th e Jerusalem Syndrome: Late June– July 1967 53
three In Search of Docile Leadership: July–S eptember 1967 79
four Th e Right of No Return: June– September 1967 103
five An Entity versus a King: September–N ovember 1967 136
six A One- Way Dialogue: December 1967– January 1968 165
seven Go- Betweens: February– Early May 1968 194
viii Contents
eight Th e Double Game Redoubled:
Mid-M ay–October 1968 227
nine “Th e Whole World Is Against Us”: Epilogue 262
Notes 287
Sources and Bibliography 377
Index 417
Maps
1. Th e Middle East, 1967 xxxvi
2. Th e UN Partition Plan, 1947 9
3. Israel Following the Armistice Agreements, 1949 10
4. Israel and the Occupied Territories, 1967 11
5. Jerusalem Following the Annexation, 1967 52
6. Th e West Bank, 1967– 68 106
7. Th e Allon Plan, 1968 246