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The brink of peace : the Israeli-Syrian negotiations

Author: Itamar Rabinovich
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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During the period from 1992 to 1996, Itamar Rabinovich was Israel's ambassador to Washington, and the chief negotiator with Syria. In this book, he looks back at the course of negotiations, terms of which were known to a surprisingly small group of American, Israeli, and Syrian officials. After Benjamin Netanyahu's election as Israel's prime minister in May 1996, a controversy developed. Even with Netanyahu's change  Read more...
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Named Person: Itamar Rabinovich
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Itamar Rabinovich
ISBN: 0691058687 9780691058689
OCLC Number: 38474319
Description: xv, 283 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Trying to Recapture Yesterday's Shadow --
Israel and Syria, Rabin and Asad --
First Cracks in the Ice --
The Wing Beats of History --
Between Amman and Damascus --
The Security Dialogue --
Bitter Harvest at the Wye Plantation.
Responsibility: Itamar Rabinovich.
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During the period from 1992 to 1996, Itamar Rabinovich was Israel's ambassador to Washington, and the chief negotiator with Syria. In this book, he looks back at the course of negotiations, terms of which were known to a surprisingly small group of American, Israeli, and Syrian officials. After Benjamin Netanyahu's election as Israel's prime minister in May 1996, a controversy developed. Even with Netanyahu's change of policy and harder line toward Damascus, Syria began claiming that both Rabin and his successor Peres had pledged full withdrawal from the Golan Heights. Rabinovich takes the reader through the maze of diplomatic subtleties to explain the differences between hypothetical discussion and actual commitment. The author portrays all sides and participants with remarkable flair and empathy, as only a privileged player in the events could do. In any assessment of future negotiations in the Middle East, Itamar Rabinovich's book will prove indispensable.

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