Preventing Palestine: A Political History from Camp David to Oslo

Preventing Palestine: A Political History from Camp David to OsloA groundbreaking history that shows how peace between Egypt and Israel ensured lasting Palestinian statelessness The 1978 Camp David Accords and the signing of the Egypt Israel peace treaty are widely viewed as a triumph of U. S. diplomacy in the Middle East. Yet the Palestinians the would be beneficiaries of this vision for a comprehensive regional settlement remain without a state to this day. How and why Palestinian statelessness persists are the

A groundbreaking history that shows how peace between Egypt and Israel ensured lasting Palestinian statelessness

The 1978 Camp David Accords and the signing of the Egypt-Israel peace treaty are widely viewed as a triumph of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East. Yet the Palestinians--the would-be beneficiaries of this vision for a comprehensive regional settlement--remain without a state to this day. How and why Palestinian statelessness persists are the central questions of Seth Anziska's groundbreaking history of the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. Based on newly declassified sources and interviews with key participants, Preventing Palestine charts how Egyptian-Israeli peace was forged at the cost of sovereignty for the Palestinians, creating crippling challenges to their aspirations for a homeland--hurdles that only increased with Israeli settlement expansion and Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon. The first Intifada and the end of the Cold War brought new opportunities for a Palestinian state, but the 1993 Oslo Accords undermined the meaning of independence. Filled with astute political analysis, Preventing Palestine offers a bold new interpretation of an enduring struggle for self-determination.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 03/24/2020
ISBN: 9780691202457
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.10d