VOL. XXXV, NO. 4, SUMMER 2006, ISSUE 140

JOURNAL OF STUDIES A QUARTERLY ON PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS AND THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT

FROM THE EDITOR ...... 5

ARTICLE A “New ” through Its New Documents, Khaled Hroub ...... 6

PERSPECTIVE Arts, Identity, and Survival: Building Cultural Practices under Occupation, Adila Laïdi-Hanieh ...... 28

LETTER FROM ISRAEL The 17th Knesset Elections: A Drive to Normalcy and Separation, Michel Warschawski ...... 44

PALESTINIAN VOICES The 1948 War and Its Aftermath, Um Jabr Wishah ...... 54

REVIEW ESSAY Illegal Jewish Immigration to Palestine under the British Mandate, Walid Khalidi ...... 63

RECENT BOOKS Sanbar: Les Palestiniens: La photographie d’une terre et de son peuple de 1839 à nos jours, reviewed by Issam Nassar . . . 69 Karlinsky: California Dreaming: Ideology, Society, and Technology in the Citrus Industry of Palestine, 1890–1939, reviewed by Mark LeVine ...... 70 Galili and Morozov: Exiled to Palestine: The Emigration of Zionist Convicts from the Soviet Union, 1924–34, reviewed by Lenni Brenner ...... 71 Von Schubert: Checkpoints and Chances: Eyewitness Accounts from an Observer in Israel-Palestine, reviewed by Adam Shapiro ...... 72 Levitt: Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad, reviewed by Khaled Hroub ...... 73 Snir: Palestine Theatre, reviewed by Raja Shehadeh ...... 75 Rabinowitz and Abu Baker: Coffins on Our Shoulders: The Experience of the Palestinian Citizens of Israel, reviewed by Samera Esmeir ...... 76 Chatty and Lewando Hundt: Children of Palestine: Experiencing Forced Migration in the , reviewed by Julie Peteet ...... 77 Tilley: The One-State Solution: A Breakthrough for Peace in the Israeli Palestinian Deadlock, reviewed by Leila Farsakh ...... 79 Sizer: Christian Zionism: Road-map to Armageddon? reviewed by Mark Chmiel ...... 80 Shorter Notices ...... 81

ARAB VIEWS (cartoons from al-Hayat) ...... 83

FROM THE HEBREW PRESS ...... 85

PHOTOS FROM THE QUARTER ...... 94

QUARTERLY UPDATE ON CONFLICT AND DIPLOMACY ...... 101

SETTLEMENT MONITOR ...... 131

DOCUMENTS AND SOURCE MATERIAL

International A1. United Nations, Assessment of the Future Humanitarian Risks in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, New York, 11 April 2006 (excerpts) ...... 144 A2. World Bank, “The Impending Palestinian Fiscal Crisis, Potential Remedies,” Washington, 7 May 2006 (excerpts) ...... 149 A3. Geoffrey Aronson, “Financing the Palestinian Authority,” Washington, 25 May 2006 (excerpts) ...... 153 A4. UN Agencies and NGOs, Humanitarian “Situation Analysis” of the and Gaza, Jerusalem, May 2006 ...... 157

Arab B1. PA President Mahmud Abbas, Address to the Opening Session of the Second Palestinian Council, , 18 February 2006 (excerpts) ...... 159 B2. Hamas, “National Unity Government Program,” Gaza City, 19 March 2006 ...... 163 B3. Tenth PA Executive Authority, List of Members and Brief Biographies, Ramallah, 28 March 2006 ...... 164 B4. PA President Mahmud Abbas, Interview in Ha’Aretz, Ramallah, 22 March 2006 ...... 167 B5. PA Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, “A Just Peace of No Peace,” Guardian, 31 March 2006 ...... 168 B6. Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations’ Network (PNGO), Statement on Foreign Funding to the Palestinian Authority, n.p., 15 April 2006 ...... 169 B7. Palestinian Private Sector Associations, Appeal “For the Sake of Palestine,” Ramallah, 1 May 2006 (excerpts) . . 170 B8. Imprisoned Leaders of , Hamas, and Other Palestinian Factions, “A Covenant for National Reconciliation,” Haradim Prison, Israel, 11 May 2006 ...... 172

United States C1. David Makovsky, “Olmert’s Unilateral Option: An Early Assessment,” Washington, May 2006 (excerpts) . . 175 C2. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, “Punishing the Innocent Is a Crime,” International Herald Tribune, 7 May 2006 ...... 176

CHRONOLOGY 16 February–15 May 2006 ...... 178

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PERIODICAL LITERATURE ...... 199