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In pursuit of peace in Israel and Palestine / Gershon Baskin.
Van Pelt Library DS119.7 .B2918 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baskin, Gershon, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baskin, Gershon.
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Peace.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Palestinian Arabs--Politics and government.
- Palestinian Arabs.
- Intifada, 1987-1993.
- Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-2005.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 286 pages ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- Crossing borders across the Israeli Palestinian conflict lines, Gershon Baskin provides insights and stories highlighting efforts to bridge gaps and invent solutions to the most sensitive and difficult issues in the conflict.
- Contents:
- Is Israel-Arab peace even possible?
- Why write this book?
- In the beginning
- Making Aliya to an Arab village
- Working for the Israeli government
- The Institute for Education for Jewish Arab Coexistence
- The Israeli Army drafts me
- The first engagement
- the Intifada
- A day in the life of an Israeli peace activist
- Becoming a security threat
- The magical kingdom
- From security list to advisor to the prime minister
- Bringing security to the table
- The Al-Aqsa Intifada september 2000
- Dilemmas of a peacemaker
- Near death experiences
- Making peace
- Lessons learned
- Why the Kerry initiative failed
- A plan to replace the Netanyahu government
- Where to from here?
- What does peace look like?
- Final thoughts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780826521811
- 0826521819
- OCLC:
- 973199710
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