Waging Peace: Israel and the Arabs, 1948-2003
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (799 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691119821 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Everyone has Rights even Palestinians The previous reviewer uses this review to express her own political biases that have little to do with this book. Rabinovich is a pro- peace liberal, you are not if you prefer Sharansky. I don't know what Malter's credentials are but a consensus is building that conservative Israelis killed the Oslo Accords not Arafat. It was a bad deal for everyone. There will never be a two state solution as long as the haredim contro
He possesses a keen strategic mind."--Amos Elon, New York Review of Books"In Waging Peace, Itamar Rabinovich offers a good diplomatic history of how the Israeli-Palestinian peace process unraveled. Ultimately, the former ambassador believes not only that Arafat 'failed the test of leadership' but that the broader Arab world's rejection of normal ties with Israel keeps the door of war perpetually open."--Jerusalem Post. This eloquent book is essential reading for a
A former chief negotiator for Israel, noted scholar-diplomat Itamar Rabinovich examines the complete history of Arab-Israeli relations beginning in 1948. Considerably expanded to include the impact of the 2003 war in Iraq and its aftermath, this new edition of Waging Peace provides a unique insight into the critical debate on the future of peace in the Middle East. The result is a shrewd assessment of the past and current state of affairs, as well as a hopeful look at the possibilities for a peaceful future.. He then gives a vivid account of the peace processes of 1992-1996 and the more dispiriting record since then. His updated analysis on Iraq, Ehud Barak, and Ariel Sharon--and on the expanding role of the United States in the Middle East--sheds new light on the long and tumultuous history between Arabs and Jews.As Rabinovich brings the conflict into this century, he widens the scope of his proposals for achieving normalized and peaceful Arab-Israeli relations. While he considers the conflict between
. He was Israel's chief negotiator with Syria (1992-1995) and Israel's ambassador to the United States (1993-1996). Itamar Rabinovich is President of Tel Aviv University and Andrew White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. He is the author of several books, including "Syria under the Ba'th; The Road Not Taken: Early Arab-Israeli Negotiations"; and "The Brink of Peace: The Israeli-Syrian Negotiations" (Princeton)