Doomed to Failure? — Praeger Security International

Doomed to Failure? The Politics and Intelligence of the Oslo Peace Process

Ofira Seliktar

Book Code: C36617

ISBN: 0-313-36617-9

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-36617-8

238 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication Date: 8/27/2009

List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £34.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Series Title: PSI Reports

Description: This ground-breaking book examines how and why the much-vaunted Oslo Peace Accords between the Israelis and Palestinians collapsed. The author analyzes the players on both sides of the accords, pointing out the attitudes and actions that serve to undermine peace and promote conflict. On the one hand, she criticizes the Islamist organizations Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad for not tolerating the idea of any true long-term peace with Israel. On the other hand, she scrutinizes the factions for and against Oslo that developed within Israeli government circles, and she calls into question the ability of Israeli intelligence to correctly assess the Palestinian negotiators. By means of such examination, this book poses a fundamental question: Can Islamic fundamentalism ever accept the existence of Israel or will it short-circuit any prospect of peace between majority-Muslim states and their non-Muslim counterparts?

LCC Class: 956.05'3-dc22