The Path To Geneva: The Quest for a Permanent Solution, 1996-2004

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From the early days of the secret Oslo talks, through the recent crises and new developments in Israel and Palestine, Yossi Beilin has been at the centre of it all. This book highlights his intensive and historic meetings with President Clinton, Ehud Barak, Shimon Peres, Hosni Mubarek, King Hussein of Jordan and Madeleine Albright, as well as Beilin's crucial connections with such seminal Arab leaders as Yasser Arafat, Saeb Erikot, Faisal Hussein and the first Prime Minister of Palestine, Abu Mazen. The Beilin-Mazen agreements are the basis of the current road map.

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"What I have always admired about Mr. Beilin is that he is a fanatical moderate--as committed to his moderation as the extremists are to their extremism. In a Middle East where extremists tend to go all the way and moderates tend just to go away, the example that he and his Palestinian partners are setting is critical. It shows that civil society in Israel and the West Bank is still alive and refuses to give in to pessimism. But they need, and deserve, courage and help from America now too. We owe them that. We owe ourselves that."
--Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times, November 2003

Author Bio

Dr. Yossi Beilin served as Israel's Minister of Justice from 7/99 to 3/01. A member of the Knesset for eleven years, Beilin has held ministerial positions in the govts of Rabin, Peres and Barak. He is a leading proponent of the peace process, and initiated the secret talks resulting in the '93 Oslo Accords. He is the author of several books, including Israel: A Concise Political History, Touching Peace, and The Manual For Leaving Lebanon. Yossi Beilin has traveled extensively in the United States, and will be coming to the US to promote his book in bookstores, public engagements, national television and natinal radio.