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.

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

Palestinian Arabs.

Zionism.

Israel--Politics and government--1993-.

Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (403 p.)

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Potomac Books, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Middle East is now in the eye of a storm. But as this storm abates, an opportunity for peace and progress has emerged. In Imperfect Compromise , Michael Karpin, an Israeli broadcast journalist, presents a new thesis about the Middle East peace settlement. He lays out an optimistic forecast: The violent conflict between Arabs and Jews that has had the greatest negative impact on world peace since the end of the Cold War is moving steadily toward resolution. Moreover, since the first Zionists settled on the shore of the Lake of Galilee a hundred years ago, the relations between Arabs and Jew

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Author's Note; PART I A POST-ZIONIST ANALYSIS; 1 Historical Correction; 2 Without Compassion; 3 The Messiah Is Back; 4 The Original Sin; 5 "Jewish and Democratic" or "State of All Its Citizens"; PART II AS ARABS PUSH FOR A SETTLEMENT, ISRAEL PLAYS FOR TIME; 6 War and Peace; 7 "They Had Learned Nothing from History"; 8 Impotent Leadership; 9 Secular Messianism; 10 The Demographic Threat; 11 A Bulldozer That Built and Destroyed; PART III PALESTINIAN PRAGMATISM: INSTEAD OF TERROR, PASSIVE CIVIL RESISTANCE; 12 Two Palestines

13 Softening the Hardest14 A Palestinian Easy to Like; 15 The Right of Return; PART IV BEYOND PROVINCIALITY: FACING EXTERNAL FACTORS; 16 Delayed Ignition; 17 A State of Isolation; 18 Iran-Two Scenarios, One Realistic; 19 The Bomb Is Still in the Basement; 20 Post-Assad; 21 The Next Cycle; 22 Critical Mass; 23 Apology and Compensation; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61234-546-8

OCLC:

836400443