In pursuit of peace in Israel and Palestine
By: Gershon Baskin
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780826521811
Subjects: Politics and government; Intifada, 1987-1993; Palestinian Arabs; Peace; Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-; Arab-Israeli conflict
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Is Israel-Arab peace even possible?; title: Why write this book?; title: In the beginning; title: Making Aliya to an Arab village; title: Working for the Israeli government; title: The Institute for Education for Jewish Arab Coexistence; title: The Israeli Army drafts me; title: The first engagement; title: the Intifada; title: A day in the life of an Israeli peace activist; title: Becoming a security threat; title: The magical kingdom; title: From security list to advisor to the prime minister; title: Bringing security to the table; title: The Al-Aqsa Intifada september 2000; title: Dilemmas of a peacemaker; title: Near death experiences; title: Making peace; title: Lessons learned; title: Why the Kerry initiative failed; title: A plan to replace the Netanyahu government; title: Where to from here?; title: What does peace look like?; title: Final thoughts.