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From the editors of Chronicles: a realist's approach to solving the Arab-Israeli conflict that serves the American interest
Peace in the Promised Land: A Realist Scenario
by Serge Trifkovic
Few problems in the world are more urgently in need of solving than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - and none, perhaps, is more fraught with peril for American foreign policy. Is there a solution? And if so, what role, if any, should America play in bringing it about? Now, Serge Trifkovic, foreign affairs editor of Chronicles magazine and author of the bestselling Sword of the Prophet, brings together ten independent-minded experts to examine the problem from every important angle -- historical, religious, and political - and to propose workable solutions that would serve the best interests not only of the Israelis and Palestinians, but of the United States.
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A key theme of Peace in the Promised Land: A Realist Scenario is that the conflict in the Holy Land, like the broader one with resurgent Islam, is more cultural than political. Accordingly, the authors' focus is not on new maps of a partitioned Jerusalem or elaborate compensations schemes for dispossessed Palestinians. Instead, they present the information necessary to understand, and to make informed judgments about, one of the most complex struggles in history -- and to divorce U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East from ideology and fanaticism on both sides. Among the chapters:
- In "From Abraham to Napoleon: 4,000 Years of Ethnic Conflict," Dr. Thomas Fleming sets the stage by sketching out the history of both Jews and Arabs in the Holy Land, separating fact from nationalist fictions. He demonstrates that the myth of peace-loving "Palestinian people" being driven from their homes by Zionist colonists is as inaccurate as the myth of peace-loving Jews returning to their homeland after two millennia of exile only to be set upon by murderous Arabs
- In "Palestine: From Napoleon to Israel's Independence," Michael Stenton looks especially at the role Great Britain has played in the region, providing a sober assessment of what happens when Western national interests -- and, more importantly, imperial ambitions -- run up against the historical myths that Dr. Fleming examined. Dr. Stenton also provides a succinct history of modern Zionism
- In "Israel's Future: A New Israel in an Old Middle East?" Leon Hadar argues that most Israelis favor a two-state solution but warns that American neoconservatives are supporting a "messianic minority" that has long been able to impose their agenda of a Greater Israel on the rest of the country
- In "The Impact of Islam on the Arab-Israeli Dispute," Dr. Serge Trifkovic examines the extent to which the Muslim hatred for Jews, which has roots deep in the Koran and Muslim history, makes resolution difficult
- In "`Christian Zionism': An Obstacle to Peace," Aaron Wolf shows how America's "Zionist Christians" are frustrating efforts to broker a peace deal based on a highly questionable (and untraditional) reading of the Bible. Ironically, he shows, their theology has led them to turn a blind eye toward the plight of their own brothers in the faith, the Palestinian Christians
- In "Zionism and Neoconservatism," Dr. Paul Gottfried examines the almost uncritical support of neoconservatives for Israeli policies -- and shows how their influence on U.S. foreign policy puts America at risk
- In "Interests and Ideology in Middle East Policy," Wayne Allensworth argues that by allowing China, Russia, and several European states to take a more active role in the Middle East, Washington could help potential allies in the War on Terror while securing U.S. interests in the region
- In "The U.S.-Israel Relationship," Doug Bandow comments that, with the end of the Cold War, the key justification for U.S. micromanagement of Middle Eastern affairs has disappeared -- and that America should now focus on her own interests, not that of friendly states or of their allies in the United States
- In "The Law and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict," Stephen B. Presser discusses the relevant parts of international law that pertain to the conflict and provides a detailed examination of the U.N. resolutions that underlie the peace process and of the various American proposals for a lasting solution
- In "Israel and the United States: Leading Parallel Lives, Making Similar Mistakes" Ivan Eland explains how American disengagement from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would benefit Israel, while allowing America to pursue the War on Terror more effectively
- In "Essentials for a Lasting Peace," David Hartman outlines certain points that should be nonnegotiable
For those who truly want to see this conflict resolved in a way that serves the American interest, Peace in the Promised Land: A Realist Scenario is required reading.
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