About this title: President Carter, who was able to negotiate peace between Israel and Egypt, has remained deeply involved in Middle East affairs since leaving the White House. He has stayed in touch with the major players from all sides in the conflict and has made numerous trips to the Holy Land, most recently as an observer in the Palestinian elections of 2006. In this book President Carter shares his intimate knowledge of the history of the Middle East and his personal experiences of the principal actors, and he addresses sensitive political issues many British and American officials shy from. Palestine is ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 11/2006
ISBN-13:9780743285025ISBN:0743285026
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 11/2006
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 11/2006
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 11/2006
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Date Published: 2006
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"I applaud our former president's passion for still trying to bring some kind of peace and fairness to Israel and Palestine. Until I read this book a couple of years ago, I did not know the Israelies had built miles of walls in the West Bank that islated the Palestinians and no doubt increased tensions many fold. It reminded me of reading about S African apartheid in 1980 and not knowing much about it. It's a fast read and he is very direct in his support for better treatment of the Palestinians who are still living in camsp, etc. I admire his candor."
"This is not a book that I would have intentionally chosen as something that would be interesting to me. I selected it at the library thinking it would be useful in my research for a project on the Middle East we are currently doing in my humanities class. I think that's what made this book a treasure of a find for me, because not only did it present excellent research, facts, maps, statistics, etc. but also allowed me to shape more of a perspective on the Israelian/Palestinian conflict within the Middle East.
It's a complicated region. It's difficult to understand, and not everyone really wants to for better or worse. Coming from a biblical background, I'm fairly comfortable with my understanding of ancient Israel and the surrounding nations, and how they came to be. Modern Israel? That was another story.
Jimmy Carter presents a very nice book here. He gives facts but combines them with personal experiences and an intelligence that can only come form long years of study and research of the topic and people. I really felt like I benefited from his wisdom when reading this book, and was able to make many connections as to why the same cycles of violence, conquest, and antagonizing spirits continue to exist at the heart of the conflict in the region.
If you want a book that will summarize briefly (the main text is only 216 pages, and it flows very easily) yet help you start to achieve understanding of the modern conflict between Israel and Palestine I definitely recommend this book."
""Palestine Peace Not Apartheid" is a refreshing alternative to the unconditional support for Israeli aggression that has dominated Washington as far back as I can recall. Jimmy Carter's book offers a much more honest and balanced assessment of the issues surrounding Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories than I expected from someone as deeply embedded in the political establishment as a former US president. This is probably why the Israel lobby reacted so violently to its publication and has invested so much energy into defaming the former President.
To help contextualize his presentation, Carter does the service of prefacing his text with a series of maps and a chronology of major political events in the region from ca. 2000 BCE through 2006 CE. He then introduces his primary argument, which is that the most significant impediments to peace between Palestine and Israel (including the formation of a Palestinian state) have been: Israeli theft of Palestinian land, some Arab groups refusal to accept Israel as a neighbor, the absence of a single Palestinian voice that Israel will negotiate with, objectionable preconditions by both sides to peace talks, and the US government's recent failure to make any meaningful steps toward peace. Carter then presents instances of each of these factors as he reviews the US government's role in the peace process from his administration to that of George W. Bush, as well as his assessment of the other relevant national leaders, and the cultures they ostensibly represent. Although it covers a fairly large amount of material, this book is concise and easy to read (I breezed through it in less than a day, and I tend to be a slow reader). By combining firsthand experiences and antidotes with historical accounts, the text becomes something of a narrative. I would recommend this book primarily to someone who is interested in the history of the Israeli government's settlement policies and of the negotiations between the different political authorities."
"Jimmy Carter starts off by talking about the promises in the Camp David Peace Accords. Egypt has fulfilled it's promise; Israel, however, has not fulfilled it's promise toward Palestine as was stated by the Camp David Accords. From here, Israel gets the blame and Carter shows that from the 1980 to the current times, Israel has taken advantage of the Palestinian people.
What is fascinating is that he talks about events behind the scenes. I found it interesting about his talks with various leaders on both sides to see what they had to say. Going throughout history, Carter lays out various plans, wars, and strategies that both sides (and us) have offered. At each moment, the Palestinians are portrayed as the good guys and the Israelis have faulted.
The book ends with Israel building a wall that's within the West Bank which Carter considers and apartheid because it's confining the Palestinians in their own territory without basic human rights.
The tone of the book was awkward. I felt like I was reading a book at a seventh grade reading level. However, the book also assumes that one is familiar with the conflict in the Middle East. In some places, Carter is right. The Israeli world has been unfair to the Palestinians. For example, the Oslo Accords seemed to have an unfair advantage to Israel because they kept a lot of the land, and Clinton blamed Arafat for that. However, there are a lot of things where Carter is naive about. For example, the Israelis are building a wall. Carter claims it's because of apartheid purposes. However, I think the answer is obvious: the Israelis are looking for security. By building a wall, you impede Palestinian suicide bombers from entering into Palestine. To be fair, Carter does admit that, but he thinks that the main motivation for building the wall was to gain more land. This is too naive! It's about security! I know that Carter wants to play the peacemaker here, but he must realize that security is the main issue in these dealings, not land. Sure, Israel would give up land in exchange for security. But for the Israelis, they want a guarantee that security will happen first. They're not going to give up land because having that land is a buffer zone for security. Even the Golan Heights, which Carter says belongs to Syria, is a place of security. There are too many things here that Carter ignores in his history and it's a shame that he does so.
Many people have commented that since it was Israel's fault, Carter is considered an anti-Semite. I think that's a silly remark. Carter is not an anti-Semite. He deeply cares about the people involved in the Middle East. I think he is right when he says that the animosity is because of our outlook on Israel. But when it comes to history, Carter is ignoring the facts. I would still recommend to reading it, however."
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