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Council on Foregin Relations releases Interactive Guide on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

CFR.org Launches Web's Most Authoritative, Interactive Guide on the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis
CFR.org Interactive Guide on the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis
CFR has produced a new online multimedia feature, Crisis Guide: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Using a comprehensive array of audio, video, imagery, and text, the guide offers an in-depth look at the history of the conflict and its geopolitical repercussions. The guide, narrated by veteran journalist Michael Goldfarb, includes:

A historical video overview of the conflict
A timeline of the complex and often contested history of the conflict
An interactive map illustrating the territorial disputes central to the conflict, written and narrated by CFR Fellow Steven A. Cook
A survey of diplomatic efforts throughout the decades aimed at settlement of the dispute, including audio analysis by Daniel C. Kurtzer, a Princeton scholar of Mideast studies and former U.S. ambassador to Egypt and Israel
A chapter summarizing the roles and interests of parties to the conflict, including Israel and the Palestinian Authority, countries (including the United States, Egypt, and Britain), diplomatic actors (including the United Nations and the Arab League), as well as other non-state actors (including Hamas and Fatah)
A chapter offering links to more than thirty documents and treaties, as well as maps, timelines, and further research and analysis from CFR and other institutions