Myths & Might : Understanding the Middle East Conflict

Myths & Might : Understanding the Middle East Conflict
‘From Beirut to Jerusalem’ by Thomas Friedman
Presented by Dr Susan Chu,
27th July 2002


Outline

1. Introduction
2. Lebanese history and civil war
3. Israeli Palestinian conflict up to 1980
4. Convergence of Lebanese and Israeli Palestinian conflict in Beirut 1982
5. Life in Dante’s inferno : Would You Like To Eat Now Or Wait For The Ceasefire?
6. Myths and might – driving forces behind the scene
7. Arafat and Sharon – Round One : Beirut 1982
8. American peacekeeping in Beirut
9. Beirut aftermath - Symbiotic paralysis
10. The first intifada – whose country is this anyway ?
11. Getting a seat on the Metro – a territorial conflict
12. Friedman’s proposed solution
13. Arafat and Sharon – Round Two: Jerusalem 2000
14. Endgame – latest efforts for peace
15. Globalisation and fragmentation – what hopes for world peace?

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http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/bookclub/video/020727.ram