Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history
|
Buy Now
Prophets without Honor - The Untold Story of the 2000 Camp David Summit and the Making of Today's Middle East (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R731
Discovery Miles 7 310
You Save: R140
(16%)
|
|
Prophets without Honor - The Untold Story of the 2000 Camp David Summit and the Making of Today's Middle East (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
A high-level insider's history of the efforts to resolve the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, from 2000 Camp David Talks to the
present, that explains why successive attempts have all failed. The
clash between Israel and Palestine has been one of the most
emotionally engaging causes of modern times. Prophets without Honor
tells the story of the grueling attempts to solve the conflict and
examines the reasons for its resilience. Shlomo Ben-Ami, who
participated at a high level in the July 2000 Camp David peace
talks that almost led to a historic deal, uses his insider
experience to illuminate the specific factors that impede a
solution to the conflict. He finds that the occupation's traits of
permanence, Israel's insatiable quest for Lebensraum, and a
hopelessly fragmented and disoriented Palestinian national movement
are to blame. Ben-Ami challenges the funereal historiography that
emerged in the wake of the Camp David process, when-for the first
time ever-Israelis and Palestinians engaged in the Sisyphean task
of breaking the taboos surrounding the conflict. The Clinton Peace
Parameters that emerged out of this process eventually became the
litmus test of every serious peace proposal in the future. But
ill-conceived perceptions of the other party, all-or-nothing
theological fanaticism, and a lack of bold and enlightened
leadership have made these attempts at peace-making a defining
failure of the two-state concept. Ben-Ami scrutinizes the ominous
alternatives to the two-state solution, such as the binational
state, a unilateral pullout from much of the West Bank, and Donald
Trump's Deal of the Century. He also examines the merits of a
Jordanian-Palestinian solution. In discussing Palestine from a
comparative perspective, he underlines its singularity while also
shedding light on the dilemmas that stand at the center of any
peace enterprise. Ultimately, his account is the most non-partisan,
comprehensive, and balanced written by an insider representing one
of the parties.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.