Imperfect compromise : a new consensus among Israelis and Palestinians / Michael Karpin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karpin, Michael I., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Peace.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Peace.

Palestinian Arabs--Politics and government--1993-.

Palestinian Arabs.

Palestinian Arabs--Politics and government.

Zionism.

Israel--Politics and government--1993-.

Israel.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xix, 251 pages : map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2013]

Contents:

Part I A Post-Zionist Analysis

1 Historical Correction 3

2 Without Compassion 11

3 The Messiah Is Back 23

4 The Original Sin 33

5 "Jewish and Democratic" or "State of All Its Citizens" 43

Part II As Arabs Push for a Settlement, Israel Plays for Time

6 War and Peace 53

7 "They Had Learned Nothing from History" 71

8 Impotent Leadership 83

9 Secular Messianism 91

10 The Demographic Threat 99

11 A Bulldozer That Built and Destroyed 105

Part III Palestinian Pragmatism: Instead of Terror, Passive Civil Resistance

12 Two Palestines 119

13 Softening the Hardest 125

14 A Palestinian Easy to Like 131

15 The Right of Return 139

Part IV Beyond Provinciality: Facing External Factors

16 Delayed Ignition 145

17 A State of Isolation 155

18 Iran-Two Scenarios, One Realistic 161

19 The Bomb Is Still in the Basement 171

20 Post-Assad 189

21 The Next Cycle 195

22 Critical Mass 201

23 Apology and Compensation 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index.

ISBN:

9781612345451

161234545X

9781612345468

1612345468

OCLC:

795759558