Preventing Palestine (eBook)

A Political History from Camp David to Oslo

Seth Anziska (Autor)

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2018
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
9780691183985 (ISBN)

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On the fortieth anniversary of the Camp David Accords, a groundbreaking new history that shows how Egyptian-Israeli peace ensured lasting Palestinian statelessnessFor seventy years Israel has existed as a state, and for forty years it has honored a peace treaty with Egypt that is widely viewed as a triumph of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East. Yet the Palestinians-the would-be beneficiaries of a vision for a comprehensive regional settlement that led to the Camp David Accords in 1978-remain stateless to this day. How and why Palestinian statelessness persists are the central questions of Seth Anziska's groundbreaking book, which explores the complex legacy of the agreement brokered by President Jimmy Carter.Based on newly declassified international sources, Preventing Palestine charts the emergence of the Middle East peace process, including the establishment of a separate track to deal with the issue of Palestine. At the very start of this process, Anziska argues, Egyptian-Israeli peace came at the expense of the sovereignty of the Palestinians, whose aspirations for a homeland alongside Israel faced crippling challenges. With the introduction of the idea of restrictive autonomy, Israeli settlement expansion, and Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, the chances for Palestinian statehood narrowed even further. The first Intifada in 1987 and the end of the Cold War brought new opportunities for a Palestinian state, but many players, refusing to see Palestinians as a nation or a people, continued to steer international diplomacy away from their cause.Combining astute political analysis, extensive original research, and interviews with diplomats, military veterans, and communal leaders, Preventing Palestine offers a bold new interpretation of a highly charged struggle for self-determination.

Autor

Seth Anziska is the Mohamed S. Farsi-Polonsky Lecturer in Jewish-Muslim Relations at University College London and a visiting fellow at the U.S./Middle East Project. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Foreign Policy, and Haaretz. He lives in London.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.9.2018
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: 1982 Lebanon War • American Israel Public Affairs Committee • american jews • Annexation • Anwar Sadat • Arab citizens of Israel • Arab–Israeli conflict • arabs • Ariel Sharon • assassination • Camp David • Camp David Accords • Cyrus Vance • Decolonization • de facto • Diplomacy • East Jerusalem • egyptians • Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty • Fatah • foreign policy • Foreign policy of the United States • Golan Heights • Great Power • Green Line (Israel) • Gush Etzion • Hafez al-Assad • Henry Kissinger • Hosni Mubarak • Ideology • International Law • International recognition of Israel • Intifada • Iranian Revolution • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli-occupied territories • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Israelis • Israeli settlement • Israel State Archives • Jewish History • Jews • Jimmy Carter • Judea • Judea (Roman province) • Kahan Commission • Knesset • Land for peace • Land of Israel • Likud • Menachem Begin • military occupation • Moshe Dayan • Nablus • National Movement (Poland) • national security • Near East • Netanyahu • Oral History • Oslo Accords • Palestine Liberation Organization • Palestinian National Authority • Palestinian nationalism • Palestinian refugees • palestinians • Palestinian self-determination • Palestinian territories • Peace treaty • Politician • Politics • Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine • President of Egypt • Prime Minister of Israel • Refugee • Rita Hauser • Ronald Reagan • Sabra and Shatila massacre • Saudi Arabia • Self-determination • Shimon Peres • Sinai Peninsula • Six-Day War • Sovereignty • Soviet Union • State of Palestine • Tel Aviv • terrorism • transitional period • Treaty • two-state solution • United States • United States Department of State • war • Westphalian Sovereignty • Yasser Arafat • Yitzhak Rabin • Yitzhak Shamir • Ze'ev Jabotinsky • Zionism
• ISBN-13: 9780691183985 / 9780691183985