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Searching for Peace - A Memoir of Israel (Hardcover)
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Searching for Peace - A Memoir of Israel (Hardcover)
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A revealing memoir by the Israeli leader who almost made peace with
the Palestinians. Written almost entirely from inside a prison
cell, Rise and Fall is the compelling memoir of former Israeli
prime minister Ehud Olmert. The child of parents who were members
of the Irgun, the paramilitary group that fought for the
establishment of Israel, Olmert became the youngest member of the
Israeli Knesset in 1973, serving in the right-wing Likud party. He
rose quickly in the party, serving in national government before
being elected mayor of Jerusalem in 1993. As mayor he overcame
decades of municipal malaise, inertia, and waves of terror attacks
to bring huge improvements in the city's infrastructure, education,
and welfare. Although a child of the Israeli right, it was during
his mayoralty that he realized the inevitability of compromise and
the need to divide the city in any future peace agreement with the
Palestinians. Olmert rejoined the national government in 2003 as a
top aide to then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. After Sharon suffered
a debilitating stroke in 2006, Olmert took over as acting prime
minister, then led Sharon's new centrist party Kadima to victory in
elections. Heading a coalition government, Olmert led Israel
through the war with Lebanon in July 2006 and approved the dramatic
strike on Syria's nuclear reactor the following year. From late
2006 through 2008, Olmert engaged in some three dozen negotiations
with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. The talks, Olmert says, came
"within a hair's breadth" of reaching a comprehensive peace deal.
At the same time, Olmert was fighting allegations that he had
illegally accepted large sums of money from a well-connected
American businessman. He was acquitted of all but a minor charge
against him, but in 2014 he was convicted on charges of taking
$15,000 in bribes involving the construction of an industrial park
while he served as Minister of Industry and Trade. He served 16
months in prison, using his time to write these memoirs. Rise and
Fall offers a riveting political story and an unparalleled window
into Israeli history, peacemaking, politics, U.S.-Israel relations,
and the future of the Middle East.
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