POLI 347 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Shadow War
8 Jun 2021
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Conflict has gone through iterations - can maybe be considered to have begun as the. Then - the creation of the state of israel - moment of triumph for the israelis - beginning of terrible period for palestine. Beginning of cold war - became international. Now perhaps the best name is the israel-palestine conflict. To speak of rivalry between israel and arab states is less relevant than ever before, but conflict with palestine still extremely relevant. Douek believes in two-state solution - independent palestine and independent israel. Does not think its going to happen any time soon. Only other solution might be entire elimination of one side or the other - catastrophic. However, throughout history there have been moments where a resolution seemed tantalizingly close - possibility that could happen again. Hezbollah - most powerful non-state actor - proven itself in conflict with israel - located in.
