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The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Case Study

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This research paper assesses the Arab-Israeli conflict and the other major players that were involved in the conflict though on the outside. These outside actors include Great Britain, the United States, the European Union (EU), the Soviet Union (until 1992), Russia (from 1992 onwards), or the United Nations (UN). The paper in particular assesses the role of the United States as a case study. It states the United States involvement in the conflict as an external actor, whether it had a positive or negative impact on the conflict and also a clear cut explanation of the negative and positive impact.
Introduction
Before 1948, there was no Israeli state and Israelis were dispersed all over Europe and the Arab States. During the first half of …show more content…

Financial assistance to Israel during the 1973 war Financial assistance to from the United States to Israel nearly quadrupled during the 1973 war. This was mainly in response to Egypt and Syria being supported by the Soviet Union. At that time the United States and the Soviet Union were at the height of the cold war. The Prime Minister of Israel Golda Meir requested U.S. President Nixon for urgent military assistance for her army that had been destroyed in the 1973 Yom Kippur War and the 1967 Israeli war against the Egyptian and Syrian armies. This enabled the Israelis to prevail during the war.
2. Brokering of peace deals between the two parties On several occasions the United States has been involved in the brokering of peace between the two parties. After the 1973 war, Egypt and Israel began to explore the possibility of a diplomatic peace. Under the direction of U.S. President Carter, peace talks between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat began five years later at Camp David, in Maryland …show more content…

resolutions 242 and 338, which stated that Israel would relinquish territory to neighboring Arab nations in exchange for acknowledgment of Israel’s national sovereignty and security. The Camp David agreements brought to an end the war between Egypt and Israel and laid the foundation for the so-called “land-for-peace” deals between Palestinians and Israelis. Over the course of the years the United States has continually supported peace efforts in the region sending high profile officials to mediate between the two parties: secretaries of state George Shultz and James Baker and Ambassador Philip Habib in the 1980s, President George W. Bush after the Gulf War, President Bill Clinton in

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