Palestinians Between Israel and Jordan: Squaring the Triangle

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Raphael Israeli's work studies a selection of failed solutions to the Palestinian problem and then proposes a novel solution. The Palestinian identity is triangulated between Israel, the Territories (Gaza and the West Bank) and Jordan. To "square the triangle" a durable peace must be reached and maintained throughout the region. Israeli suggests viewing all of the Palestinian peoples as one unit and all of Palestine as a single unit. By dividing the land into the state of Palestine (East) and Israel (West) and creating a system that allows an individual to reside in one state yet maintain the nationality of the other, the contradictory needs of all parties in this conflict can be met. The introduction of the book gives an overview of the roots and historical development of the intricate and emotion-laden problems of the Palestinians and the territories administered by Israel since 1967. Each of the eight subsequent chapters sets forth, analyzes and debates the merits of the "solutions" devised so far. The final chapter challenges conventions with a new option: making sure that no one gets everything, everyone gets something and anyone who gets something pays for it.

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This thoughtful analysis is thorough and comprehensive. . . . Professor Israeli addresses the issues forthrightly and should be read by those interested in progress towards peace in the Middle East, if not for solutions, at least for delineation of the dimensions of the problem faced by all sides in this intractable crisis.-Arab Book World
"This thoughtful analysis is thorough and comprehensive. . . . Professor Israeli addresses the issues forthrightly and should be read by those interested in progress towards peace in the Middle East, if not for solutions, at least for delineation of the dimensions of the problem faced by all sides in this intractable crisis."-Arab Book World

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RAPHAEL ISRAELI is a Fellow at the Harry Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is a professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern affairs as well as Chinese and Eastern civilization. Professor Israeli is the author of Man of Defiance: A Political Biography of Anwar Sadat, Muslims in China and Peace Is in the Eye of the Beholder , as well as the editor of Sadat's public diaries. He is working on a forthcoming book on Islamic fundamentalism and has contributed articles to many scholarly journals.