MORDECHAI BAR-ON is Senior Research Fellow at Ben-Zvi Institute in Jerusalem. He was Moshe Dayan's personal assistant during the Suez Campaign.

Preface
Introduction: The Never Ending Conflict by Mordechai Bar-On
Chapter 1. The Arab Revolt 1936-1939: A Turning Point in the Stuggle Over Palestine by Yigal Eyal
The Israeli-Arab War of 1948: History vs. Narratives by Yoav Gelber
Israel's Armistice Wars, 1949-1956 by David Tal
The Sinai War, 1956-Three Partners, Three Wars by Motti Golani
"The War Over the Water" during the 1960's by Ami Gluska
The Six Day War by Michael Oren
The Israeli-Egyptian "War of Attrition" (1969-1970) by Dan Schueftan
The Yom Kippur War by Dr. Shimon Golan
The Insurgency and Counter-Insergency in Israel 1965-1985 by Benny Michelsohn
The 1982 "Peace for Galilee" War: Looking Back in Anger. Between an option of a war and a war of no option by Eyal Zisser
The Palestinian Intifada (1987-1991) by Reuven Aharoni
"Ebb and Flow" vs. "The Al-Aksa Intifada" The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 2000-2003 by Shaul Shay
Maps
Index
About the Editor and Contributors

This is the story of a tragic confrontation between two national movements contesting the same small piece of land, a clash that has become one of the most intractable issues in modern times. From the establishment of the first Zionist colonies in the 1880s, tensions have run high between the indigenous Arab population of Palestine and Jews who have sought to create an independent state on land they consider their ancient home. Clashes, both internal and external, have become increasingly violent. Since the first full-scale Palestinian Revolt in 1936, relations have, except for a few brief periods of peace, been characterized by continuous and escalating degrees of bloodshed. Twelve major clashes can be identified from that first three-year struggle to the current Intifada al Aqsa. Here, 12 Israeli historians and writers present reflections on the incidents, along with up-to-date analysis and historical assessment.
After a detailed introduction designed to help readers place the conflicts into a historical context, experts discuss events ranging from the first organized revolt to the current conflagration. As a result of the initial weakness of the Palestinians and the defeats they suffered at the hands of the better-organized Israelis, the entire Arab world stepped into the breach. Wars between May 1948 and October 1973 involved Arab regular armies, but the Palestinian comeback began in 1965, as a result of guerrilla insurgency. It gathered momentum with the popular uprising of the first Intifada (1987-1990) and more so with the start of the second and more lethal Intifada in 2000. The situation is, these experts argue, not without hope of a resolution, but an end to the violence is unlikely to come easily or quickly.