The May 1996 election of Benjamin Netanyahu, the 46-year-old leader of the right-wing Likud Party, as Israel's youngest ever prime minister provides further proof of the volatility of Israeli politics. Only a few months earlier
Netanyahu's political career seemed all but finished. The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin at the hands of a Jewish zealot sent an unprecedented tremor throughout the nation, raising a tidal wave of sympathy with the slain prime minister and
his quest for peace - and revulsion with the perceived culprits of his killing, not least Netanyahyu who had spearheaded a fierce campaign against the Labour-led peace process. Yet Netanyahu managed to win the elections by a hair-breadth margin. What are the sources of Netanyahu's victory and what are its domestic and external implications? Does it spell the demise of the nascent peace process between Israel and the
Palestinians? Or will Netanyahu be the leader to rally the Israeli public behind the territorial concessions attending the attainment of comprehensive peace? A distinguished group
of specialists from Israel, Great Britain and the United States address these questions.
Edited by:
Efraim Karsh (King's College London UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: annotated edition
Volume: No. 5.
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 27mm
Weight: 771g
ISBN: 9780714648316
ISBN 10: 0714648310
Series: Israeli History, Politics and Society
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 October 1997
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Professional & Vocational
,
Primary
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
"This book goes a long way to explaining at least the choices and room for manoeuvre Netanyahu has for the foreseeable future...so it presents a comprehensive account of the profound changes which Israel has undergone in the 1990s not only in attitudes and policies towards the peace process but in domestic policies as well vital addition to the literature"" Israeli Perspectives Journal Of Peace Research: ""Still, the book pays justice to the volatility and complexity of Israeli politics, and is interesting reading for researchers and students of Middle Eastern Politics."" ""....a comprehensive, very useful and vey informative examination of Israel""s domestic agenda, of the peace process and of the Jewish state""s relations with its neighbours"". Jeremy Bowen, BBC Middle East Correspondent"
