Death Tango

Ariel Sharon, Yasser Arafat, and Three Fateful Days in March

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Death Tango traces the Middle East dynamic back to the events of March 27–29, 2002. March 27, Passover Eve, witnessed the most bloody and traumatic Arab terrorist attack in Israel’s history, the Park Hotel bombing in Netanya. On March 28, an Arab League summit in Beirut adopted the Arab Peace Initiative, the most far-reaching Arab attempt to set parameters for ending the Israel-Arab conflict. The next day, Israel invaded and reoccupied the West Bank in Operation Defensive Shield. Alpher illustrates the interaction between these three critical events and depicts the key personalities—politicians, generals, and a star journalist—involved on all sides. It moves from a suicide bombing to the deliberations of Arab leaders; from the Israel Prime Minister’s Office—where Ariel Sharon fulminated against Yasser Arafat—to Washington, where the United States fumbled and misunderstood the dynamics at work; and on to the Jenin refugee camp, where Israeli soldiers won a bloody military battle but Israel lost the media battle of public opinion.Based on extensive interviews and his deep personal knowledge, Alpher analyzes the three days in late March 2002 as a catalyst of extensive change in the Middle East, concluding that Arabs and Israelis are dancing a kind of “death tango.”

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-02-15
Mått:163 x 237 x 21 mm
Vikt:490 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781538162071

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Yossi (Joseph) Alpher is a consultant and writer on Middle East strategic issues. He is the author of Periphery: Israel’s Search for Middle East Allies and No End of Conflict: Rethinking Israel-Palestine. His books have won the Yitzhak Sadeh Prize, the Chechik Prize, and the Chaikin Prize. He lives in Israel.

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An impressively detailed and presented account of a key military episode in Israel's troubled history, Death Tango is both a compelling and informative study and one that is unreservedly recommended for community, college, and university library Contemporary Israel History collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists.

Innehållsförteckning

Map Acknowledgments Introductory Note Glossary of Terms Prologue: Time and History 1 March 27, 2002: Netanya, Tulkarm, Beirut 2 March 27, 2002: Passover Eve in Netanya and Jerusalem 3 Zinni 4 On Suicide Bombings as a Strategy 5 March 28, 2002, Jerusalem: Israel Prime Minister’s Office 6 March 28, 2002, Beirut: The Arab Peace Initiative I 7 The Arab Peace Initiative II: A Conversation with Thomas L. Friedman 8 The Arab Peace Initiative III: The Document Is Written and Approved 9 Ariel Sharon and the Arab Peace Initiative 10 A Kind of Death Tango: Sharon and Arafat 11 March 29, 2002: Operation Defensive Shield and the “Inner Palestinian Soul” 12 Sharon, Weissglass, and the American Effort 13 The Fence 14 Russia 15 Behind the Events of March 2002 16 2002–2021 17 Conclusion: March 27, 28, and 29 as a Turning Point Appendix I: The Arab Peace Initiative as Ratified in Beirut, March 28, 2002 Appendix II: The Roadmap for Peace in the Middle East, April 30, 2003 Persons Interviewed for This Book Notes Selected Bibliography Index About the Author