Sitting around one oval table for the first time at the Madrid
Conference in 1991, historic Arab and Israeli enemies pledge to
work toward regional peace and security. From Madrid onward, Middle
East diplomacy has been pursued on two tracks--between Israel and
its immediate neighbors, and among all the countries of the region.
This book reveals, for the first time, an insider's account of the
true significance of the Madrid Conference and how a revolution in
Middle Eastern affairs was wrought there.
"Making Peace" details the debates, doubts, reversals, and
accomplishments that crystallized at the Madrid Peace Conference in
October 1991. In the months leading up to this historic event,
Eytan Bentsur, today Director-General of the Israeli Foreign
Ministry, worked closely with his counterparts from other countries
to find a formula that might bridge the bitter and seemingly
intractable rivalry between Israelis and Arabs. This formula was to
become known as the famous two-track approach and is an important
source of the incredible progress made toward regional peace and
security in recent times. Arguing persuasively that the Middle East
peace revolution was triggered by the Madrid gathering, Bentsur
sheds new light on the leading personalities and ideas that made
the conference a success and a foundation for future progress.
An Israeli official who belonged to an avowed peace group within
a hesitant government, Bentsur devised new formulas that made the
advantages of peace more palpable to a national leadership and
public that were sometimes obsessed with the problems of the peace
process. The book elucidates the origins, rationale, and impact of
the two-track approach. It is a gripping, behind-the-scenes account
of diplomatic efforts in the cause of peace in a war-torn part of
the globe.
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