Engagement Through Disengagement: Gaza and the Potential for Renewed Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaking [Paperback]

David Makovsky (Author)

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Publication Date: June 1, 2005

How can Washington take advantage of the narrow window of opportunity afforded by the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza? David Makovsky argues that reactivating the peace process may depend on concerted, U.S.-led efforts to ensure a viable ceasefire, confront rejectionists, craft sound economic policies for Gaza, and garner Arab support. Supplemented with detailed maps and key documents, this study shows how successful disengagement can reaffirm faith in peacemaking by emboldening Palestinian moderates and shattering entrenched Israeli taboos.

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David Makovsky is a senior fellow and director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at The Washington Institute. He is the author of A Defensible Fence: Fighting Terror and Enabling a Two-State Solution and Making Peace with the PLO: The Rabin Government's Road to the Oslo Accord. He is also an adjunct lecturer at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 139 pages
• Publisher: Washington Institute for Near East Policy (June 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0944029973
• ISBN-13: 978-0944029978
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,599,861 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Well Thought Out, Clearly Written, Recommended, August 5, 2005

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This review is from: Engagement Through Disengagement: Gaza and the Potential for Renewed Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaking (Paperback)

The author, a senior fellow and director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at the Washington Institute, argues that the current Israeli withdrawal from Gaza offers a true opportunity for peacemaking between the Palestinians and the Israelis. He says, and I believe correctly, that the rest of the world, including the United States should be willing and able to help in this process.

The courage being shown by the Israeli Government in withdrawing from Gaza is remarkable. As evidenced by yesterday's soldier getting on the bus and deliberately murdering four Arabs, there is a fundamentalist (or perhaps zealot is a better word) fringe group in Israel that is as dedicated to war as is the HAMAS organization in Gaza.

All that we isolated individuals can do is hope that the crazy's on both sides don't take over the asylum, and be ready to help through the UN or directly as needed. Just a bit more peace in the Middle East would make so much sense.

Mr. Makovsky's book is well thought out, well presented, and I hope the appropriate people in our own Government are thinking along the same lines. Well worth reading.