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Book SynopsisIn this book a former United Nations Envoy offers an insider perspective on conflict management and peace efforts during the three most recent failed peace initiatives and three wars in Gaza. Robert Serry shares his reflections on walking the tight rope of diplomacy between Israel and Palestine and his analysis of what has gone wrong and why a “one-state reality” may be around the corner. Offering fresh thinking on how to preserve prospects for a two-state solution, this book examines the UN’s uneasy history in the Arab-Israeli conflict since partition was proposed in resolution 181 (1948) and provides a rare insight into the life of a United Nations Envoy in today’s Middle East.
Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1 The UN’s Predicament: Needed and Side LinedChapter 2 The First Gaza WarChapter 3 Endless Talks about TalksChapter 4 Hebron: A Case Study in Political MadnessChapter 5 Hamas: The Elephant in the RoomChapter 6 Picking Olives and Building the StateChapter 7 Mozart in Gaza, Unity Tunes in Cairo Chapter 8 Showdown in New York after a Quartet DebacleChapter 9 The Arab TempestChapter 10 Palestinian Statehood at the UN amidst More Trouble in GazaChapter 11 The Kerry Initiative: A Last Rolling of the Dice?Chapter 12 Entangled in Palestinian Unity: Almost Persona Non GrataChapter 13 The Third Gaza War: Devastating ConsequencesChapter 14 Jerusalem: The Crux of the ConflictChapter 15 If Not Two States, What Else?ConclusionAnnex- Parameters: A Framework for Israeli-Palestinian NegotiationsBibliographyIndex
