Obstacle to Peace (eBook)

FOREWORD

PREFACE

1. THE RISE OF HAMAS IN GAZA

UN General Assembly Resolution 181

The Threat of Peace

The Political Ascension of Hamas

'Operation Summer Rains'

The Hamas 'Coup' in Gaza

The 2008 Ceasefire

Senator Obama's 'Unshakeable Commitment' to Israel

The Collapse of the Ceasefire

2. 'OPERATION CAST LEAD'

Hasbara

Israel's Rejection of a Ceasefire

Defending Israel's War Crimes

The US's Rejection of a Ceasefire

'No Humanitarian Crisis'

'They Are Doing Good'

Israel Ignores a UN Ceasefire Resolution

It's 'Hard' for Israel Not to Kill Civilians

The 'Education' of Hamas

3. THE 'PEACE PROCESS'

Resolution 242

Resolution 194

The Oslo Accords

Camp David

Taba

The Road Map

Sharon's 'Disengagement Plan'

Annapolis

4. OBAMA'S 'NEW BEGINNING'

American and Israeli Exceptionalism

'The Most Moral Army in the World'

US Policy on Israel's Settlements

The Cairo and Bar-Ilan Speeches

Punishing Gaza

US Aid to Israel

5. THE GOLDSTONE REPORT

The Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict

The Response from the US and Israel

Attacking the Messenger

A Case Study in Congressional Hypocrisy

The 'Illegal but Legitimate' Doctrine

'An Evil, Evil Man'

6. 'SERIOUS ABOUT PEACE'

The Settlement 'Freeze'

Negotiations 'Without Preconditions'

Leading Palestinians to Certain Conclusions

Israel's 'Cast Lead' Self-Exoneration: Update

A 'Hiccup' in US-Israeli Relations

Getting 'Tough' on Israel

7. MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS

Israel's 'Passionate Defenders'

Israel's Legal Argument

A 'Good Deal' for Gaza

Israel's 'Cast Lead' Self-Exoneration: Second Update

The Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Flotilla Attack

The Turkel Commission: Another Israeli 'Whitewash'

8. THE 'SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP'

Rewarding Israel for Violating International Law

Obama's 'Diplomatic Bind'

Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation: 'A Formula for War'

Goldstone's Betrayal

'The 1967 Lines'

Obama Speaks to AIPAC

Mr. Netanyahu Goes to Washington

Freedom Flotilla II

9. THE STATEHOOD 'PLOY'

'Defensible Borders'

The 'Jewish' and 'Democratic' State of Israel

The Bias of the New York Times

Israel Seeks a 'Moral Minority'

The Palmer Report

Averting the 'Sideshow' at the UN

Israel's Benevolent Occupation

10. THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE

Championing the Status Quo

Palestine's Application for UN Membership

A 'Theatre of the Absurd'

Palestine's UNESCO Membership

'A Lost Year'

At the UN General Debate

Operation 'Pillar of Defense'

A Historic Vote

CONCLUSION

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