Yossi Alpher

Death Tango (eBook, PDF)

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

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Produktbeschreibung

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."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798765169742
• Artikelnr.: 74845324

Autorenporträt

Yossi Alpher was an officer in Israeli military intelligence, followed by twelve years of service in the Mossad. Until 1995, he was director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University. In July 2000, he served as Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Israel during the Camp David talks. From 2001 to 2012 he was coeditor of the bitterlemons.net family of internet publications. He is the author of Periphery: Israel's Search for Middle East Allies (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).

Inhaltsangabe

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