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- Imperfect Compromise: A New Consensus among Israelis and Palestinians
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: University of Nebraska Press
summary
The Middle East is now in the eye of a storm. But as this storm abates, an opportunity for peace and progress has emerged. The Egyptian revolution against Hosni Mubarak’s regime may usher in an era of relative freedom in the Middle East, notwithstanding Syria’s brutal crackdown on its own domestic opposition. Michael Karpin, an Israeli broadcast journalist, argues that the triumph of any nonviolent struggle in the region, no matter how rare, has the potential to increase the desire among Israelis and Palestinians for a peaceful solution to their differences. In Imperfect Compromise, Karpin presents an entirely different thesis from that of most books about the Middle East peace settlement: when it comes to the proverbial man or woman on the street, he asserts that both Arabs and Jews prefer a peaceful solution. The question is whether and when the leaders on both sides will be capable of overcoming the fanatical minorities that torpedo each attempt to arrive at any agreement. The forces opposed to a peace settlement are weakening, public opinion is more open to compromise than the leaders are, and the principles of a final settlement have been developed, Karpin explains. These principles need to be adopted, and Karpin demonstrates that there is no better time than the present.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Author’s Note
- pp. xix-xx
- PART I. A Post-Zionist Analysis
- 1. Historical Correction
- pp. 1-10
- 2. Without Compassion
- pp. 11-22
- 3. The Messiah Is Back
- pp. 23-32
- 4. The Original Sin
- pp. 33-42
- PART II. As Arabs Push for a Settlement, Israel Plays for Time
- 6. War and Peace
- pp. 53-70
- 8. Impotent Leadership
- pp. 83-90
- 9. Secular Messianism
- pp. 91-98
- 10. The Demographic Threat
- pp. 99-104
- 11. A Bulldozer That Built and Destroyed
- pp. 105-116
- PART III. Palestinian Pragmatism: Instead of Terror, Passive Civil Resistance
- 12. Two Palestines
- pp. 119-124
- 13. Softening the Hardest
- pp. 125-130
- 14. A Palestinian Easy to Like
- pp. 131-138
- 15. The Right of Return
- pp. 139-142
- PART IV. Beyond Provinciality: Facing External Factors
- 16. Delayed Ignition
- pp. 145-154
- 17. A State of Isolation
- pp. 155-160
- 18. Iran—Two Scenarios, One Realistic
- pp. 161-170
- 19. The Bomb Is Still in the Basement
- pp. 171-188
- 20. Post-Assad
- pp. 189-194
- 21. The Next Cycle
- pp. 195-200
- 22. Critical Mass
- pp. 201-204
- 23. Apology and Compensation
- pp. 205-208
- Bibliography
- pp. 225-228
- About the Author
- p. 251
Additional Information
ISBN
9781612345468
Related ISBN(s)
9781612345451
MARC Record
OCLC
966924990
Pages
272
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No