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After decades of branding Yasser Arafat an arch-terrorist, Israel
has embraced the PLO leader as a partner for peace. In this study
of one of the most extraordinary examples of secret diplomacy in
the second half of the twentieth century, David Makovsky,
diplomatic correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, explores the
personal, domestic, regional, and
After decades of branding Yasser Arafat an arch-terrorist, Israel
has embraced the PLO leader as a partner for peace. In this study
of one of the most extraordinary examples of secret diplomacy in
the second half of the twentieth century, David Makovsky,
diplomatic correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, explores the
personal, domestic, regional, and international factors that led
Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Foreign Minister Shimon
Peres, and other top aides to negotiate the peace accords. Makovsky
traces key episodes prior to the breakthrough in Oslo-including
Israel's deportation of radical Islamic activists in December 1992
and its retaliation against Hizbollah rocket attacks from south
Lebanon in July 1993-and examines their impact on the fateful
decisions that led to the remarkable diplomatic achievement.
Working from exclusive interviews with dozens of Israeli,
Palestinian, American, and Egyptian officials, Makovsky depicts in
fascinating detail the intricacies of the Israel-PLO bargaining. He
also examines lessons learned about Israeli decisionmaking from the
Oslo experience and assesses the influence of the peace treaty
between Israel and Jordan on the implementation of the Israel-PLO
accord.
At a time when the identity of Israel is more uncertain than at any
moment since its modern founding, Be Strong and of Good Courage
celebrates the defining generation of leaders who took on the task
of safeguarding the country's future. David Ben-Gurion, Menachem
Begin, Yitzhak Rabin and Ariel Sharon were all present at the
creation of the new nation, and each faced a threat that directly
imperiled the country's existence. The book is a history of those
moments when Israel, a country born of existential peril, required
extraordinary acts of leadership and strategic judgment to secure
its future. The strength its leaders showed, their character and
calculation in the most agonizing moments, made them not just the
political center of the country but its moral compass too. The
leaders were not perfect; sometimes the decisions they made had
consequences they could not foresee or control, but they managed to
maintain the character of the nation without jeopardizing its
survival. Israel is currently more secure than ever in its recent
history, but it may be on the verge of sacrificing the essential
character that its greatest citizens fought to secure. This is the
story of that epic fight.
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