Middle East Studies
Excellence in Scholarship and Learning
Excellence in Scholarship and Learning
The Middle East Peace Process
Vision versus Reality
In the series
Peace Politics in the Middle East
Joseph Ginat, a cultural-political anthropologist, was Vice President of International Relations and Research at Netanya Academic College. He was the author of Blood Revenge: Family Honor, Mediation, and Outcasting, and editor of Sussex Studies in Peace Politics in the Middle East, as well as numerous contributions to social anthropology in the field of Mormon studies, and Arab culture.
Since October 2000, the Al-Aqsa Intifada uprising has shattered
any recognizable peace process. At some point both sides will have
to return to the negotiating table. The outstanding issues cannot
be resolved in any other way. It’s only a question of time
and casualties. This book, the second in the series Studies in Peace
Politics in the Middle East, not only deals with the Palestinian–Israeli
conflict, but also addresses the full range of the reconciliation
process between Israel and the Arab World. Much of this material
is published for the first time.
A major part of the book is devoted
to the complex negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
It addresses forward and creative thinking on issues such as: Jerusalem;
the settlements; the sovereignty and status of the holy sites; the
difficulties from the Palestinian side of not negotiating from the
framework of an independent state; and the perceptions of both the
Palestinian and Israeli publics that would allow a meaningful and
lasting reconciliation. By working collectively, the world’s
leading experts from Arab countries, the Palestinian Authority,
Israel, Europe and the US have developed a chessboard of proposed
solutions.
| Hardback ISBN: | 978-1-903900-01-7 |
| Hardback Price: | £45.00 |
| Release Date: | May 2002 |
| Page Extent / Format: | 420 pp. / 229 x 152 mm |
| Illustrated: | No |
Foreword: HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan
Preface: David Boren, President of the University of Oklahoma
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Vision versus Reality
Joseph Ginat, Edward J. Perkins, and Edwin G. Corr
PART I
The Oslo Agreement, the Palestinian Track, and New Options
in the Middle East
2. Oslo and the Ambiguities of Peace
Robert L. Rothstein
3. The Oslo Peace Process: Patterns, Paradoxes,
and Prospects
Gabriel Ben-Dor
4. The Changing Structure of Public Opinion
in the Middle East
Fredrik Barth
5. Are Real Coexistence and Normalization
Possible?
Shlomo Gazit
6. The Official Israeli–Palestinian Track:
An Assessment
Menachem Klein
7. The Peace Process and Scenarios for a
Permanent Solutionof the Palestinian Question
Khalil Elian
8. The Long-Term Economic Benefits of Peace
Stability in the Middle East
Onn Winckler
9. The Oslo Process and Jewish Public Opinion
in Israel: A Story of Disappointment?
Ephraim Yuchtman-Yaar
10. How Hamas Thinks
Shaul Mishal
11. The Palestinian Citizens of Israel and
the Peace Process: The Case of an Unbuilt Bridge
Reuven Aharoni and Joseph Ginat
PART II Countries with Peace Agreements with Israel:
Egypt and Jordan
12. Lessons from Greek–Turkish Relations
for the Arab–Israeli Conflict
David Kushner
13. Peace with Israel in Egypt's Policy
Yoram Meital
14. Jordan's Perspectives of Peace
Mohanna Haddad
15. The Jordanian–Israeli Peace: The View
from Amman
Joseph Nevo
16. The Peace Process: A Jordanian Perspective
Rateb M. Amro
PART III Countries without Peace Agreements with Israel
17. Lebanon's Position in the Peace Process
Kais Firro
18. Lebanon and the Arab–Israeli Conflict
Marius Deeb
19. Syrian–Israeli Relations on the Eve of
the Peace Process
Moshe Ma'oz
20. Israeli–Syrian Peace Negotiations (December
1999–March 2000): A Missed Opportunity?
Eyal Zisser
21. Iraq and the Middle East Peace Process:
1968–2000
Amatzia Baram
PART IV Jerusalem and the Peace Process
22. Creative Approaches for the Coexistence of National
and Religious Identities in Jerusalem
Enrico Molinaro
23. Jerusalem in the Peace Process
Manual Hassassian
24. The Palestinians: From the Sidelines
to Major Player in Jerusalem
Moshe Amirav
25. Demarcating Jerusalem's Borders
Menachem Klein
26. The Future Status of Jerusalem: Views
of the Israeli and Palestinian Publics
Ephraim Yuchtman-Ya'ar
27. Temple Mount – al Haram al-Sharif: A
Proposal for Solution
Joseph Ginat
28. Postscript, May 2002
Joseph Ginat, Edward J. Perkins, and Edwin G. Corr
The Contributors
Index
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