Select chronology : key moments in the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1516-2012 -- The formative years -- The partitioning of Palestine : "Nakba" and Independence -- Under the Cold War : the 1956 Sinai-Suez War -- The 1967 War : the victory and the "Naksa" -- From limited war to limited accommodation -- Camp David and the Lebanon War -- From the First Intifada to Madrid and Oslo -- Failures of implementation of the Madrid Conference -- Oslo's state-building and peacemaking -- The failure of permanent status negotiations -- The Second Intifada -- From the Second Lebanon War to the Arab Awakening -- Conclusion : a conflict that never ends? -- Appendix : separation barrier map.