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In a myth-busting analysis of the world's most intractable conflict, a star of Middle East reporting, "one of the most important writers" in the field ( The New York Times ), argues that only one weapon has yielded progress: confrontation. Scattered over the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea lie the remnants of failed peace proposals, international summits, secret negotiations, UN resolutions, and state-building efforts. The conventional story is that these well-meaning attempts at peacemaking were repeatedly, perhaps terminally, thwarted by the use of violence. Through a rich interweaving of reportage, historical narrative, and forceful analysis, Nathan Thrall presents a startling counter-history. He shows that Israelis and Palestinians have persistently been marching toward partition, but not through the high politics of diplomacy or the incremental building of a Palestinian state. In fact, negotiation, collaboration, and...

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Author

Nathan Thrall

Publisher

Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781627797092

Category

history

Subjects

Political Science, Fiction, History

Rating

4.3 / 5 (59 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14