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Scars of War, Wounds of Peace: The Israeli-Arab Tragedy SHLOMO BEN-AMI OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS scars of war, wounds of peace Also by Shlomo Ben-Ami The Origins of the Second Republic in Spain La Revolución Desde Arriba: España, 1936–1979 Fascism from Above: The Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera in Spain, 1923–1930 Los Origenes de la Segunda República Española: Anatomía de Una Transición Quel Avenir Pour Israel? A Front Without a Home Front: A Voyage to the Boundaries of the Peace Process scars of war, wounds of peace The Israeli-Arab Tragedy SHLOMO BEN-AMI 2006 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright © 2006 by Shlomo Ben-Ami Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ben-Ami, Shlomo. Scars of war, wounds of peace : the Israeli-Arab tragedy / Shlomo Ben-Ami. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-19-518158-6 ISBN-10: 0-19-518158-1 1. Arab-Israeli conflict. 2. Arab-Israeli conflict—1993– —Peace. 3. Zionism—History. 4. Israel—Politics and government. I. Title. DS119.7.B3826 2005 956.9405—dc22 2005025383 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Let war yield to peace, laurels to paeans. (Cedant arma togae, concedant laurea laudi) Cicero, De Officiis, Book I, Chapter  Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. Sir Winston Churchill, speech at the Mansion House, London,  November  This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Maps ix Preface xi I Prelude: The Birth of an Intractable Conflict  II Bisecting the Land or Zionism’s Strategy of Phases?  III The Early Years: A Missed Opportunity for Peace?  IV The Rise and Fall of the Third Kingdom of Israel  V The Jewish Fear and Israel’s Mother of all Victories  VI Sedanlaghen – The Sin of Hubris and its Punishment  VII Begin’s ‘Capsule Theory’ and Sadat’s ‘Separate Peace’  VIII The Road to Madrid  IX Oslo: The Glory and the Agony  X The Barak Phase: On Freedom and Innocence  XI The Politics of Doomsday  XII Conclusions  Bibliography  Index  This page intentionally left blank Maps . The United Nations partition plan,   . Israel after the armistice agreements in   . Israel and the occupied territories,   . Clinton’s peace plan,  

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An Oxford-trained historian who became Israeli Foreign Minister, Shlomo Ben-Ami was a key figure in the Camp David negotiations and many other rounds of peace talks, public and secret, with Palestinian and Arab officials. He offers here an unflinching account of the Arab-Israeli conflict, informed b
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