The New Middle East (Hardcover)

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In September 1993, Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin publicly promised the world on the front lawn of the White House that Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization would henceforth work together in the pursuit of peace in the Middle East. This amazing accord, akin to the earlier demolition of the Berlin Wall, was the result of intense negotiations by a small group of visionary Palestinians, Israelis, Americans, and Norwegians. The only thing they had in common was a vision of peaceful coexistence in an area that has been washed with too much blood. As one of the primary participants, Peres, currently the Israeli minister for foreign affairs, describes some of the process that led to that historic event. More importantly, he eloquently speaks of the vision and philosophies that brought the process into being. The articulation of how Israelis and Palestinians (with their Arab compatriots) can move from today's challenges into tomorrow's opportunities is nothing short of inspirational. Peres's book should be required reading for everyone, and all libraries should have it in their collection. See also Barry Rubin's Revolution Until Victory? , reviewed below.--Ed.
- David Snider, Casa Grande P.L., Ariz.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description

The co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1994 offers a compelling vision of the future for the Middle East, in which he sees a reconstructed region free of past conflicts, allowing a social and economic revival, and provides a cogent analysis showing how this peace can be achieved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co; 1 edition (December 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805033238
• ISBN-13: 978-0805033236
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,457,781 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Well thought out dissertation, September 10, 2007

By	M. A. Ramos (Florida USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This book was written by Prime Minister Shimon Peres and published shortly after the signing of the Oslo Peace Accord. With this sign or peace and hope, Mr. Peres wrote on what it would take to make the Middle East a new economic center. Where all lived in prospertity and peace.

His vision, which at this time has not progressed very far, is based on that of the European Communities. And the work involved at the end of WWII which brought them to the 1990's. Where the European "Economic " Community is today. But Mr. Peres explains that if all the countires of the middle east would work toward a common goal of peace and economic unity, that they could be a thriving, propserous community of the world within twenty years.

This book shows me that Israel was ready in 1993 to do what was required to make the whole Middle Eastern region prosperious for all the peoples, regardless of ethnic or religious backgrounds. And that if reason would prevail, they were willing to help make this happen.

This book belongs in every major library. And should be read by any student of politics.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well thought out dissertation, May 19, 2005

By	M. A. Ramos (Florida USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This book was written by Prime Minister Shimon Peres and published shortly after the signing of the Oslo Peace Accord. With this sign or peace and hope, Mr. Peres wrote on what it would take to make the Middle East a new economic center. Where all lived in prospertity and peace.

His vision, which at this time has not progressed very far, is based on that of the European Communities. And the work involved at the end of WWII which brought them to the 1990's. Where the European "Economic " Community is today. But Mr. Peres explains that if all the countires of the middle east would work toward a common goal of peace and economic unity, that they could be a thriving, propserous community of the world within twenty years.

This book shows me that Israel was ready in 1993 to do what was required to make the whole Middle Eastern region prosperious for all the peoples, regardless of ethnic or religious backgrounds. And that if reason would prevail, they were willing to help make this happen.

This book belongs in every major library. And should be read by any student of politics.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A vision that failed , March 11, 2007

By	Shalom Freedman "Shalom Freedman" (Jerusalem,Israel) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

Shimon Peres vision of a new Middle East did not come into being. The Oslo agreement for which he won the Nobel Prize turned out to be a terrible mistake. In this book he outlines his vision of a New Middle East one in which there is Peace, Prosperity , Cooperation between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
Peres is to be credited for his love of peace, his strong desire to bring about a better world for all peoples of the Middle East. He is to be credited for trying to change a bitter reality in which Israel's Arab neighbors refuse to come to terms with its existence.
But his vision, and his boldness did not prove enough. The new Middle East he sketchily outlines pushed him and other Israelis to make concessions to the Arabs which only embittered the conflict. The Middle East nearly fifteeen years after Oslo was signed is now as violent a place as ever. More so. It is not simply the Israelis who are being attacked, but the whole region seems to be embroiled in a Shiite- Sunni conflict.
In Israel people say that Peres latter years devoted to a failing peace process 'shamed' his early years as a pioneer in promoting Israeli security.