@article{Golani2005, author = {Golani, Motti}, title = {From Civil War to Interstate War and Back again. The War over Israel/Palestine, 1945-2000}, journal = {Zeithistorische Forschungen - Studies in Contemporary History}, volume = {2}, number = {1}, publisher = {ZZF - Centre for Contemporary History: Zeithistorische Forschungen}, address = {Potsdam}, doi = {10.14765/zzf.dok-2029}, pages = {54 -- 70}, year = {2005}, abstract = {By discontinuing their war against Israel in the late 1970s, the surrounding Arab states made room for the resumption of a different, new/old war, which first erupted prior to the Arab-Israeli interstate war: the civil war between the Jewish-Zionist settler society and Palestinian Arabs, a war over Palestine. The Arab-Israeli conflict is not one, but rather two conflicts, both of which are complexly and inextricably linked in a number of ways. Zionist Jews in Palestine (or the pre-1948 Jewish autonomy in the country) and later the state of Israel have been a permanent party to these conflicts. In contrast, the "Arabs" - or the Palestinians and the Arab states surrounding Palestine - have been changing parties to the overall conflict and its many different wars.}, language = {en} }