A powerful and evocative collection of essays, "A Blood Dimmed
Tide" gathers nearly thirty years of Amos Elon's work on the Middle
East. Skillfully moving from the Intifada to the Gulf War and its
aftermath to the Peace Now movement, these essays provide a nuanced
account of relations between Jews and Arabs and among the Israelis
themselves. Elon has also written a timely introduction that
provides an overview of his work and brings it up to the election
of Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister of Israel.
This internationally-known journalist presents sharply observed
portraits of the region's key figures: Shimon Peres, Yitzak Rabin,
and King Hussein; he interviews Yasir Arafat; and he considers
Moshe Dayan's life and legacy. Elon also ranges far to sketch the
political climate of the region and its players, from Israeli
settlers in Hebron and their uneasy coexistence with Arab neighbors
to the foreign policy of Egypt.
Sensitive and powerful, "A Blood-Dimmed Tide" provides a timely
analysis of the conflicts between Jews and Arabs. From the
Palestinians' refusal to accept Israel's 1978 offer of "full
autonomy" to the Israeli government's insistence that settling the
occupied territories would bring security, Elon traces what he
considers to be the deadly miscalculations of both groups. As he
examines the events and misunderstandings that have made it so
difficult for Palestinians and Israelis to establish peace, Elon
concludes taht what will finally bring the two sides together will
not be moral imperative or personal courage but exhaustion. "A
Blood-Dimmed Tide" is a significant contribution to our
understanding of this troubled land.
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