HISTORY 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: 2006 Lebanon War, Ehud Olmert, Mahmoud Abbas
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After the collapse of oslo, both sides returned to unilateralism. Israel crushed the second intifada and built the separation barrier. Hezbollah and hamas turned to armed struggle in lieu of negotiations. Set patterns for israel"s relations with hezbollah and hamas that continue today o. Contributed to the failure of the last peace attempt by obama o. Disagreements over iran created tensions between obama and netanyahu. Each of these wars pitted israel, a state, against non-state actors. A state is an organization with internationally recognized authority over a given territory o. A non-state actor lacks a recognized territorial authority o. Field militias, without uniforms, who blend with civilians. Until 1973, mid-east wars were interstate wars o. With the rise of the plo, hamas, and hezbollah, asymmetric war has become the norm o. The weakness of non-state actors is limited power o o. Without planes or armor, they rarely inflict serious material damage. Non-state actors also have certain advantages o o.
