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Alin, E. “Dynamics of the Palestinian Uprising”, Comparative politics 26(4), July 1994, p.495. 14. Personal interview with Karmi Gilon, 28.4.1996. 15. Avineri, Shlomo, Haaretz, 16.2.96 16. Atherton Jr., A.L. “The shifting sands of Middle East peace”, Foreign Policy, No.86, 1992. p.119. 17. Avineri, Shlomo, Haaretz, 16.2.96 18. Makovsky, D., Making Peace with the PLO, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Colorado, Westview Press, 1996, p.108. 19. Ibid, p.109. 20. Personal interview with Zalman Shoval, 26.3.2001 21. As cited in Makovsky’s Making Peace with the PLO, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Colorado, Westview Press, 1996, p.108. 22. Avineri, Shlomo, Haaretz, 16.2.96. 23. “Divrei haKnesset”, Knesset debates, translated from the Hebrew version, 21 September, 1993. 24. Ibid. 25. “Divrei haKnesset”, Knesset debates, translated from the Hebrew version, 21 October, 1993. 26. Personal interview with Dr. Eli Pude, 23.2.1996 27. Ibid. 28. Lewis, Bernard, The Middle East and the West, New York, Harper and Row, 1964, p.94 29. Ajami, Fouad, “The End of Pan Arabism”, Foreign Affairs, Vol II, Winter 1978, p.356. 30. Atherton Jr., A.L. “The shifting sands of Middle East peace”, Foreign Policy, No. 86, 1992. p.116. 31. Ajami, Fouad, “The End of Pan Arabism”, Foreign Affairs, Winter 1978, Vol II, p.360. 32. Ibid. 33. Ibid, p.371 34. Interview with Dr. Eli Pude 35. Ibid. 36. Personal interview with Shlomo Gazit, 26.5.1996 37. Hilal, K. “Are the Arabs ready for peace with Israel”, Foreign Affairs 1(1): pp.19-28, 1994. 38. Roy, S. “Changing political attitudes among Gaza refugees”Journal of Palestinian Studies, 19(1), 1989, p.81. 39. Tessler, M. & J. Sanad, “Will the Arab public accept peace with Israel? Evidence from surveys in three Arab societies” in Karsh, E & G. Mahler (Eds.), Israel at the Crossroads, London, British Academic Press, 1994 , p.70. 40. Craig, G. & George, A. Force of Statecraft, 2nd Ed., New York, Oxford University Press, 1990, pp.163-178. 41. Alpher, J. “Israel’s security concerns in the peace process”, International Affairs, 70(2):229-241, 1994, p.229. 42. Klieman, A., Israel and the World After 40 Years, Pergamon-Brassey’s International Defense Publications Inc., 1989. 43. Widlanski, M (Ed.), “Can Israel Survive a Palestinian State?”, Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies, Jerusalem, 1990, p.10. 44. Levran, A., “The military dangers of a Palestinian state”, Global Affairs 4(4):133-151, 1989. 45. Ibid. 46. Widlanski, M (Ed.), “Can Israel Survive a Palestinian State?”, Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies, Jerusalem, 1990, pp.26-64. 47. Personal interview with Benjamin Ze’ev Begin, April 1999 48. Tal, Y., National Security: The Few Against the Many, (Hebrew), Tel-Aviv, Dvir Publishing House, 1996, p.230. 49. Ehud Barak in press conference, August 2001 50. Widlanski, M (Ed): Can Israel Survive a Palestinian State? Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies, Jerusalem, 1990, p.66. 51. Ibid, p.71. 52. Ibid, p.86. 53. Interview with Karmi Gilon. 54. Clausewitz, C., On War, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1984, p.88-89. 55. International Symposium on Military Aspects of the Israel-Arab Conflict, Jerusalem, University Publishing Project, 1975, p.4. 56. Peres, S., The New Middle East, New York, Henry Holt, 1993, p.85. 57. International Symposium on Military Aspects of the Israel-Arab Conflict, Jerusalem, University Publishing Project, 1975, p.6. 58. Peres, S., The New Middle East, New York, Henry Holt, 1993, p.20. 59. Peres, S., The New Middle East, New York, Henry Holt, 1993, pp.67-69. 60. International Symposium on Military Aspects of the Israel-Arab Conflict, Jerusalem, University Publishing Project, 1975, p.6. 61. Peres, S., The New Middle East, New York, Henry Holt, 1993, p.63. 62. International Symposium on Military Aspects of the Israel-Arab Conflict, Jerusalem, University Publishing Project, 1975, p.4. 63. Interview with Karmi Gilon. 64. Channel 1, Israeli Television, 6.5.96. 65. Interview with Karmi Gilon. 66. As cited in Makovsky, D., Making Peace with the PLO, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Colorado, Westview Press, 1996, p.108. 67. Personal interview with Dr. Ron Pundak, 16.6.1996 68. As cited in Makovsky, D., Making Peace with the PLO, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Colorado, Westview Press, 1996, p.112. 69. Ibid, p.113 70. Personal interview with Dr. Dore Gold, 24.3.2001 71. Cohen, S., Israel’s Defensible Borders: A Geopolitical Map, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Jerusalem Post Press, Paper #20, 1983, p.67. 72. Shlaim, A., “Prelude to the accord: Likud, Labor, and the Palestinians”, Journal of Palestinian Studies, XXIII, no.2, 1994, p.7. 73. Ibid, p. 8 74. Ibid, p. 9 75. Interview with Zalman Shoval. 76. Flamhaft, Z., Israel on the Road to Peace, Westview Press, Colorado, 1996, p.85. 77. Interview with Zalman Shoval. 78. Shlaim, A, “Prelude to the accord: Likud, Labor, and the Palestinians”. Journal of Palestinian Studies, XXIII, no.2, 1994, pp.9-10. 79. Ibid. 80. Makovsky, D.: Making Peace with the PLO. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Westview Press, Colorado, 1996, p.117. 81. Interview with Dr. Ron Pundak. 82. Shlaim, A. “Prelude to the accord: Likud, Labor, and the Palestinians”. Journal of Palestinian Studies, XXIII, no.2, 1994, p.18. 83. Haaretz, 30 January 1995. 84. Netanyahu, Benjamin, Terrorism- how the West can win, The Jonathan Institute, 1986. 85. Kober, A., Deterrence, early warnings and strategic decision: The Israel security conception in the wake of the Gulf War, Contemporary Security Policy, 15(3):228-250, 1994, p.229. 86. Inbar, E., Strategic Consequences of the Gulf War for Israel, The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, October 1993, p.43. 87. Data attained from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ website (www.mfa.gov.il), IDF Spokesman and Peace Watch. 88. Personal interview with Zvi Zamir, 21.5.96 89. Ibid. 90. Interview with Karmi Gilon. 91. Personal interview with Moshe Arens, 12.3.2001 92. Gilboa, E., American Public Opinion toward Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Hebrew), Tel-Aviv, Ministry of Defense Publishing, 1993, pp. 151-174. 93. Quoted in the New York Times, 7 Nov. 1980, as cited in Gilboa’s American Public Opinion toward Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Hebrew), Tel-Aviv, Ministry of Defense Publishing, 1993, p. 174. 94. Kant, E., The Eternal Peace, Jerusalem, Magnes Press, 1976 (Hebrew version), pp.34-38. 95. Interviewed on Channel 2, September 1996
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