POLI 347 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Arab Spring, United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon, Khartoum Resolution
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Since arab spring new muslim brotherhood gov"t. Israel-jordan (1994: palestinians > half of population in jordan. Jordan becoming the new palestinian state (jordan. Israel-mauritania normalized since oslo (tunis & morrocco cut ties) Israel-lebanon: no diplomatic/trade relation, unifil presence in s. lebanon for security and humanitarian issues, dire conditions for over 400,000 palestinian refugees. Cannot work, own property, or access healthcare. Israel-syria: failed attempts at bi-lateral peace agreements. Key to resistance axis: current crisis implications for hamas, israel, palestinians, hamas has cut ties with syrian regime. 1949: 1992 expanded diplomatic relations, recent cooling of relations. Gaza flotilla ship, violent seizure of ship, who provoked who: more tense b/n israel & turkey. Unanimous vote b/n iraq, egypt, saudi, yemen . Boycott of goods & services, no diplomatic relations. Since then, egypt & jordan have made relations: egypt was suspended for a while. Rhetoric vs. realism: states have to confront reality Greater # of states, unanimous vote to sign on @ 2007 re-endorsement.