Israeli Diplomacy and the Quest for Peace

Mordechai Gazit

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English

Routledge
30 April 2002

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Middle Eastern history; Diplomacy; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology

Series: Israeli History, Politics and Society

This account of key issues in Israel's foreign policy offers a new insight into Israeli thinking. It also covers issues where the focus is on American, British, Egyptian and Jordanian diplomacy. The author's research is based on an abundance of documentary evidence, and the analysis benefits from his unique background as a senior diplomat for over 30 years and from his academic experience of over two decades. The nagging question that recurs in most of the book's

case studies is whether opportunities to break the deadlock

of Arab-Israeli conflict were always fully exploited. The prevalent tendency to argue that more could have been done is

thoroughly analysed and questioned. In the long and difficult years when no dialogue of any kind existed between the Arabs and Israelis, indirect exchanges through mediators or trusted third persons might have helped fill the void and served as a stopgap. However, the astonishing fact is, that only

rarely did mediators and go-betweens successfully fulfil what seemed to be a simple task. This is a sad but inevitable reflection on this aspect of the peace process. The relations between the United States and Israel, while unique in the annals of diplomacy, were never completely free of problems and disagreements. The US gave Israel, from its inception, important diplomatic and financial assistance without

causing serious damage to its own interests in Arab and Muslim countries. Moreover, the US has been able to play a crucial role in the Israeli-Arab peace process, enjoying the confidence of both sides.

By: Mordechai Gazit
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: annotated edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 566g
ISBN: 9780714652337
ISBN 10: 0714652334
Series: Israeli History, Politics and Society
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 30 April 2002
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part 1 Negotiations - Direct and Indirect: mediation and mediators; American and British Diplomacy and the Bernadotte Mission; the Israeli-Jordan peace negotations (1949-51) - King Abdallah's lonely effort. Part 2 Failed efforts and Israeli self-reproach: the Goldmann affair; an invitation to Cairo that never was; Egypt and Israel - was there a peace opportunity missed in 1971?; the stillborn London agreement between King Hussein and Shimon Peres. Part 3 Ben-Gurion and Gaza: Ben-Gurion's 1949 proposal to incorporate the Gaza Strip into Israel; the 1956 Sinai Campaign - Ben-Gurion, Gaza and French Mediation. Part 4 Israel and the United States: America and Israel - a special relationship not always special; Israeli military procurement from the United States; the genesis of the US-Israel military-strategic relationship and the Dimona issue. Part 5 Diplomacy and the Foreign Ministry: the role of the Foreign Ministry. Conclusion.

Gazit, Mordechai