Aid, Diplomacy, and Facts on the Ground The Case of Palestine

Preface and acknowledgments

Contributors

Glossary

1. Introduction

PART I: INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE--THE CONTEXT

2. Hard lessons from Oslo: foreign aid and the mistakes of the 1990s

3. Are 'realities on the ground' compatible with the international state-building and development agenda?

4. Chequebook diplomacy: the US, the OSlo process and the role of foreign aid

5. 'Security first' and its implications for a viable Palestinian state

PART II: THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE (1) THE HUMAN AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DIMENSION

6. Human security challenges in the occupied Palestinian territory

7. The impact of the Oslo Accords on UNRWA's funding

8. Palestinian perceptions of international assistance

9. Future economic arrangements between Israel and the Palestinians: an Israeli perspective

PART III: THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE (2) THE POLITICAL DIMENSION

10. The state-building project: what went wrong?

11. Donor aid to Palestine: attitudes, incentives, patronage, and peace

12. 'Do no harm': the impact of international assistance to the occupied Palestinian territory

13. Israel's aid responsibilities towards the Palestinian population

PART IV: DILEMMAS POSED BY THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT

14. The dilemmas of aid under occupation

15. Donor security challenges in the Palestinian territories

16. 'Victims of war are not like victims of earthquake': the conflict between humanitarianism and political work

PART V: POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE ASSISTANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL PLANS

17. The risks and opportunities of the Israeli disengagement plan

18. Developing the Gaza Strip in the event of Israel's disengagement: possibilities and constraints

PART VI: APPENDICES

Appendix I: Chronology

Appendix II: Statistics

Appendix III: Maps

Appendix IV: Photographs