The peace process
Subtitle: from breakthrough to breakdown
By: Afif Safieh
Publisher: Saqi
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; Saint Paul, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780863564222
Subjects: Politics and government; 1993-; Peace; Arab-Israeli conflict; History
Description: Afif Safieh served as Palestinian General Delegate in London, Washington and Moscow from 1990 to 2008. During this time, he met and interacted with the leading figures of our times: from Yasser Arafat to Tony Blair; to Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush, and Pope John Paul II. The Peace Process: From Breakthrough to Breakdown brings together Afif Safieh's articles, lectures and interviews from 1981, when he was a staff member in Yasser Arafat's Beirut office, to 2005, at the end of his mission in London, revealing the political and intellectual journey of one of Palestine's most skilled and distinguished diplomats. His writings, which centre on the Palestinian struggle for independence, are a testament to his vision and humanity and provide a unique map of Palestinian diplomacy over the last three decades. The Peace Process: From Breakthrough to Breakdown brings together Safieh's articles, lectures, and interviews spanning three decades, revealing the political and intellectual journey of one of Palestine's most skilled and distinguished diplomats.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction by Afif Safieh; title: 1. The PLO: The challenge and the response; title: - 2. One people too many?; title: - 3. Dead ends?; title: - 4. Palestinian peace diplomacy; title: - 5. Resurrecting the European working paper; title: - 6. Sources of Lebanese-Palestinian tensions; title: - 7. Interview with Gene Sharp on Non-violent Struggle; title: - 8.  Minutes of evidence taken before the Foreign Affairs Committee; title: - 9. Superpower politics and the Middle East; title: - 10. On the Madrid peace process; title: - 11. On Jerusalem; title: - 12. Those were the days; title: - 13. The role of third parties; title: - 14. Historical or territorial compromise; title: - 15. From breakthrough to breakdown?; title: - 16. Out of Jerusalem?; title: - 17. Fifty years on: achievements and challenges; title: - 18. On Sabeel; title: - 19. Diplomacy: The art of delaying the inevitable; title: - 20. The end of pre-history; title: - 21. The international will and the national whim; title: - 22. Rome and its belligerent Sparta; title: - 23. Letter to Prime Minister Blair; title: - 24. On Edward Said; title: - 25. Which way is forward? 26. On Yasser Arafat; title: - 27. Anatomy of a mission: London 1990; title: 2005.