Middle Eastern Maze: Israel, The Arabs, and the Region 1948-2022 [Paperback]

An insiders analysis of the Arab-Israeli conflict and peace process.
Middle East Maze: Israel, the Arabs, and the Region is an expanded and updated version of Itamar Rabinovichs The Lingering Conflict, published by Brookings in 2012. This new book offers a unique narrative of the Arab-Israeli conflict and peace process by a senior academic historian who has served as Israels ambassador to the United States and as a peace negotiator with Syria.
Rabinovich places the Arab-Israeli relationship in the larger context of Middle Eastern regional and international politics. He also examines Irans and Turkeys new roles in the region. An equally important place is given to the U.S. policy in the Middle East and to the U.S. special relationship with Israel.
This revised new edition covers the signing of the Abraham Accords, the new policies pursued by the Trump and Biden administrations, the full-fledged Syrian civil war, the heyday of the Islamic State, Russias military intervention in Syria, the Iranian nuclear drive, and the lengthy domestic political crisis in Israel.

Itamar Rabinovich is a distinguished nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution. A professor and president emeritus at Tel Aviv University, he served as Israels ambassador to the United States and chief negotiator with Syria. His most recent book, with Carmit Valensi, is Syrian Requiem (Princeton, 2021).

There is no better guide than Itamar Rabinovich to the story of Israel and the Arabs over the past half-century. His careful chronicle of peacemaking efforts makes depressing reading, as a story of courageous efforts that failed and opportunities that were missed. In this new edition, Itamars Rabinovitch's book is even more the essential go-to resource for people who want to understand Israel In the Middle East. David Ignatius, columnist for the Washington Post and author of Blood Money

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