Title: The process
First published: 1998
Description: "Meet your Enemy Number One," a nervous Norwegian diplomat said to Uri Savir, the young director-general of Israel's Foreign Ministry, as he introduced him to Abu Ala, one of Yasser Arafat's top aides. They were in Oslo, and this was the first official encounter between Israel and the PLO. The atmosphere was tense. Savir read from prepared notes: "The aim of Israel's elected government," he began, "is to bring about a historic reconciliation with the Palestinian people.

We have no interest in only a cosmetic change of the status quo. It is not our wish to control your lives ...." This book is the Israeli chief negotiator's extraordinary account of those negotiations, their implementation and aftermath, and of the unlikely partnership that emerged between Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat, and Shimon Peres.
Subjects: Arab-Israeli conflict, Israel, Israel. 1993 Sept. 13, Peace, Savir, Uri., Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, Israel. 1993 September 13, New York Times reviewed, Middle east, history, Jewish-arab relations, Middle east, history, 20th century, Israel-arab border conflicts, 1949-, Palestine liberation organization
People: Uri Savir
Time periods: 1993-