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Israeli-Palestinian Peace Negotiations, 1999-2001: Within Reach »

Authors: Gilead Sher
ISBN-13: 9780714656533, ISBN-10: 0714656534
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: January 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Gilead Sher

Book Synopsis

Written by Gilead Sher, the Israeli Chief of Staff during the tumultuous 1999-2001 peace negotiations, this book gives an overview of the Israel-Palestine conflict, examining the core issues of contention, the various 'players' and the possible solutions formulated during the peace process effort.

Delivering a comprehensive fast paced description and analysis of the Middle East peace process, the book sheds new light on the complicated and circuitous negotiations held between the Israelis, Palestinians, Egyptians, Americans and numerous other intermediaries. Sher presents concise contextual background and insightful analysis of the political, economic, social and cultural reasons that led to the breakdown of the process and the consequent eruption of bloody violence.

A bestseller in Israel, The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Negotiations 1999-2001 has been praised by critics and embraced by readers on all sides of the political spectrum. The former Prime Minister Ehud Barak hailed it as 'The best book there is or ever will be on the process.' Contributing a new dimension to the current literature on the Middle East peace process, the book provides a fresh understanding of the link between the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the current global threats of Islamic fanaticism and international terrorism.

1	A sense of hope	1
2	Direct and blunt dialogue	5
3	The friends of peace must be strong	10
4	Politically, I'm strangled	16
5	The Swedish government at your service	21
6	First movements	31
7	Do you want an agreement?	40
8	Trapped in a national myth	50
9	An historic opportunity	60
10	God bless you	72
11	Albright tries to prevent collapse	93
12	Eight hundred times Jerusalem	105
13	There is going to be a catastrophe	119
14	Two states for two peoples	133
15	Walls of misunderstanding	143
16	Head of a gang, not a leader	157
17	A single political bullet in the barrel	173
18	It's the only way	180
19	Do you want to continue crying?	192
20	The future of the region is in your hands	208
21	We'll be counting the corpses on both sides	222
22	And thou shall make peace in the land	231