Israel/palestine: How to End the 1948 War

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A Concise History Of The Middle Eastern Conflict And The Prospects For Peace; An indispensable primer for understanding the current Middle East crisis, Israeli journalist Tanya Reinhart here closely examines the roots of the Israel/Palestine conflict and offers an invaluable analysis of core issues involved on all sides of the issue, concluding with a proposal for moving beyond the violence towards real solutions. Drawing from maps and declassified Israeli sources, Reinhart studies the details of past negotiations, expectations, shortcomings, misrepresentations and deceptions. Among her areas of focus are the Oslo years; myths and facts about what happened at Camp David; as well as the politics of Barak and Sharon compared to those of Arafat; the recent Taba negotiations; and prospects for genuine solutions.

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[An] excellent book. Yitzhak Laor, Haaretz (Israel)

Reinhart accomplishes the formidable task of adding insight to a subject that is written about endlessly. The Nation

Tanya Reinhart's Israel/Palestine is the most devastating critique now available of Israel's policy toward the Palestinian people. Written with urgency and an unflinching clarity, it deserves to be read by every American who, unknowingly perhaps, has been subsidizing Israel's 35-yea-old military occupation. Today Palestinians face either ethnic cleansing or apartheid. Reinhart compellingly shows why and how both must be opposed. Edward W. Said

Tanya Reinhart's informative and chilling analysis could hardly be more timely. It should be read and considered with care, and taken very seriously. Noam Chomsky

Tanya Reinhart is an Israeli scholar who is known for her works in linguistics, but also as the author of a biweekly column in the daily newspaper Yediot Aharonot. Her book demonstrates the hoax suffered by the Palestinians, sometimes with the complicity of their own Authority. It also shows that, behind the semantic and cartographic contortions, the main objective of the Israeli governments has been to give up as little as possible and to accept but a truncated Palestinian autonomy. According to her, the solution is simple: 'In order to initiate true negotiations, Israel has to withdraw unilaterally' from the occupied Palestinian territories. Le Monde

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Tanya Reinhart is a professor of linguistics and cultural studies at Tel Aviv University and at the University of Utrecht. She is most well-known academically for her contribution to theoretical linguistics. In 1994, following the Oslo agreements - which she viewed as a painful deception of the Palestinian people - and the preparation of a sophisticated Apartheid regime, she turned to political writing. She has a regular critical column in the biggest Israeli daily, Yediot Aharonot, as well as having published many articles on the Internet and in international forums.