Beyond the Promised Land: Jews and Arabs on the Hard Road to a New Israel by Gle

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter examines the events leading up to the peace accord between Israeli and Palestinian leaders and the birth of a new Israel. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. NYT.

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Glenn Frankel, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his work as The Washington Post's Jerusalem bureau chief, pulls no punches in this thorough exploration of the birth of a new Israel.With remarkable access -- to figures ranging from the most senior officials to the young Palestinian street fighters --Glenn Frankel informs his sweeping account of years of civil unrest, political upheaval and diplomatic crisis.

Author Biography

Glenn Frankel is an author, academic and winner of the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. He spent 27 years with The Washington Post, where he was bureau chief in Southern Africa, Jerusalem and London, and editor of The Washington Post Magazine.

Kirkus US Review

An erudite, astute synopsis of Israel's economic, social, and political upheavals from 1987 to 1993. Frankel, a Pulitzer Prize - winning journalist who served as Jerusalem bureau chief for the Washington Post from 1986 to 1989, collected an impressive amount of material in the course of his reporting. He uses it to build a history of the tumultuous events that have challenged Israel in recent years: the intifada, the Persian Gulf War, the huge influx of Soviet Jews, the interactions of Knesset members, the confrontations between President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, the Labor Party's defeat of the right-wing Likud Party in 1992, and the momentous Israeli-Palestinian peace accord. Frankel's prevailing theme in his analysis of these events is that a younger, more progressive-minded citizenship is now shaping Israel's future. Gone, he says, are outdated, Socialist-Zionist attitudes; the new consumer-oriented, Westernized attractions are "in." Israelis feel, says Frankel, that for the first time since the 1948 establishment of the state, Israel is strong enough to create history - as opposed to being defined by it - and thus to make peace with its enemies. He writes that Israel is "still cognizant of its tragic, heroic, bloodstained past, but it [is] more self-confident, pluralistic, open and bourgeois." This belief is most effectively argued in the final chapters, which culminate in the pivotal resolution between Israel and the PLO. Displaying impeccable precision and clarity, Frankel delves deep into the mindsets and backgrounds of Israelis and Arabs - VIPs and civilians alike - to elucidate their often complex, emotion-filled decisions. He explains, for instance, why European-born Yitzhak Shamir was unable to move forward with peace while his Israeli-born successor, Yitzhak Rabin, was. Steeped in thoughtful commentary and deftly written with a reporter's eye for detail, this comprehensive history is a jewel. (Kirkus Reviews)

Details ISBN0684823470 Author Glenn Frankel Short Title BEYOND THE PROMISED LAND Pages 432 Publisher Simon & Schuster Language English ISBN-10 0684823470 ISBN-13 9780684823478 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1996 Country of Publication United States Illustrations black & white illustrations Subtitle Jews and Arabs on the Hard Road to a New Israel Imprint Touchstone Place of Publication New York DOI 10.1604/9780684823478 UK Release Date 1996-10-14 NZ Release Date 1996-10-14 US Release Date 1996-10-14 Publication Date 1996-10-14 DEWEY 956.94054 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 1996-07-14 We've got this

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