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Israeli Rejectionism
A Hidden Agenda in the Middle East Peace
ProcessZalman Amit and Daphna Levit Pre-
order now for priority shipping in the first
week of February 2011. The Palestine-Israel
conflict is one of the longest running and
seemingly intractable confrontations in the
modern world. This book delves deep into the
‘peace process’ to find out why so little progress
has been made on the key issues. Zalman Amit
and Daphna Levit find overwhelming evidence
of Israeli rejectionism as the main cause for the
failure of peace.
They demonstrate that the Israeli leadership has
always been against a fairly negotiated peace and
have deliberately stalled negotiations for the last
80 years. The motivations behind this rejectionist
position have changed, as have the circumstances
of the conflict, but the conclusion has remained
consistent –peace has not been in the interest of the
state of Israel.
A fascinating read, and particularly timely as the
Obama administration tries once more for a peace
settlement, this book draws on a wealth of sources –
including Hebrew documents and transcripts – to
show that it is the Palestinians who lack a viable
‘partner for peace’.
Zalman Amit was born in Palestine and grew up in
a newly created Israel. He is Distinguished Professor
Emeritus at Concordia University in Canada and is
the author of four books and over 300 articles.
Daphna Levit taught finance and economics at the
Universities of Tel Aviv and Ben Gurion. She has
edited and contributed to numerous books on
Middle Eastern Politics.
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