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Abbas, Mahmud: defers ratification of Goldstone Report, 205–6; diaspora Palestinians’ disdain for, 152; holding his own in public opinion, 211; on Jewish state concept, 111; legitimacy problems of, 204; negotiations with Olmert, 64–68, 70, 71, 111; as not getting any younger, 206; on right of return, 54–55; on riots by Palestinian Arabs in Israel, 103; takes control of Palestinian politics, 200; two-state initiative of, xii, 200–207 Abdallah I (king of Jordan): becomes emir of Transjordan, 7, 8; British Mandate accepted by, 8, 11; as dissatis fied with his kingdom, 8–9; and Israeli consideration of Palestinian state during 1948 war, 72; lacks legitimacy to rule Palestine, 173; meddles in Palestinian politics, 10–11, 171–73; relations with Zionists, 8, 11, 171, 172; seeks to control territory west of Jordan River, xi, 8; Syria as obsession of, 10 Abdallah II (king of Jordan): and Awadallah, 192; credibility problem on refugee question, 193; on Hamas, 195; “Jordan First,” 187; on Jordanianness , 190; National Agenda of, 191–92; right of return supported by, 192; two-state solution supported by, 188–89, 193 Abd al-Nasir, Gamal, 24, 26, 47 Abd al-Rabbu, Yasir, 54, 60 Abu al-Huda, Tawfiq, 10 Abu Marzuq, Musa, 68 Abunimah, Ali, 121, 125–26, 127, 128, 131, 142, 152 Abu-Shilbaya, Muhammad, 28 Agha, Hussein, 71, 103, 104 al-Alami, Musa, 13 Allon, Yigal, 73–75, 76, 96 All-Palestine Government, 24, 26, 173 Amman, 9, 173, 175, 178, 183 Anderson, Benedict, 187 Andrews, Lewis, 19 Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, 20, 27, 114–15 Annan, Kofi, 146, 151 Annapolis Conference (2007), 64, 107, 111 anti-Semitism, 18, 136, 140, 143, 145 anti-Zionists, 168 “Arab Case for Palestine, The” (1946), 20, 22, 27 Arab Higher Committee (AHC), 19, 23, 24, 26, 27 Arab League, 24, 26, 106, 115, 181, 184, 185 Arab Peace Initiative, 63, 67, 106, 120, 197 Arab Rebellion, 7, 9–10, 11, 19, 185 Arabs, Israeli. See Palestinian Arabs in Israel Arafat, Yasir: becomes leader of Fatah and PLO, 26; in Camp David—Taba negotiations, 43, 46, 47, 48; on Clinton Parameters, 51, 54; denounced for signing Oslo Accords, 118, 155; diaspora Palestinians’ disdain for, 152, 155; expulsion from Lebanon, 30; and King Husayn of Jordan, 11, 176, index Page numbers in italics refer to maps. 278 index 181, 182, 183; isolation after Gulf War, 35; Israel expects him to suppress violence , 43–44; on Jewish state concept, 111; on Jordan and Palestine as one, xi; letter to Rabin from, 36, 37, 44; pressured to take part in peace process, 36 Arens, Moshe, 168 Ariqat, Saib, 48, 57, 65, 66, 95–96, 111, 166, 237n129 armistice agreements, 172–73, 210, 217, 221 Ashrawi, Hanan, 203 Avineri, Shlomo, 145–46, 168, 208–9 Avnery, Uri, 215 Awadallah, Basim, 192 Ayalon, Ami, 60, 61 Badran, Adnan, 192 Balfour Declaration, 10, 12, 26, 27, 33, 109, 116 Barak, Ehud: acquiesces in Palestinian state, 91–92, 206; avoids confrontations with settlers, 86; in Camp David–Taba negotiations, 52; on diplomatic consequences of failing to launch an initiative, 225; interim arrangement pursued by, 211; right of return rejected by, 103, 105; on unilateral withdrawal from settlements , 209 Barghuti, Marwan, 204 Bartov, Omer, 141 Begin, Menachem, 77, 78, 79, 125, 182 Beilin, Yossi, 56, 57, 60 Belgium, 126, 139, 145–46, 161 Ben Ami, Shlomo, 44, 48, 49, 55, 58, 59 Ben-Gurion, David: on Arab Rebellion, 9; binationalism supported by, 14; on mamlakhtiyut, 84; Palestinian statehood considered during 1948 war, 72; partition supported by, 18–19, 219; on state with Jewish majority, 132; on Zionism’s benefits for Arabs, 13 Ben-Gurion International Airport, 94 Benvenisti, Meron, 143, 145, 147, 168–69 Bethlehem, 18, 20, 21 Bialik, Chaim Nahman, 39 binationalism, 3–4; Arabs on practical difficulties for, 22; the first binationalists , 13–16; as impractical, 145–47; Israeli political system not conducive to, 157; Israeli supporters of, 167–70; Judt on, 139, 141–42; one-state solution and, 140, 162–63; Palestinians in occupied territories consider, 165–67; possible future Palestinian-Jordanian federation, 196; Zionist opposition to, 17, 129. See also one-state solution Bishara, Azmi, 102, 158 borders: Arab Peace Initiative on, 63; Ayalon-Nusseibeh agreement on, 60; in Clinton Parameters, 50; Document of National Reconciliation (“Prisoners’ Document”) on, 69; gaps narrow significantly regarding, 218; Green Line, 39, 76, 97, 103, 208, 214; Hamas demands regarding, 69, 70; Oslo Accords on negotiations on, 37; Palestinian Authority...