Tested by Zion The Bush Administration and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict [Paperback]

Abrams takes you inside the White House to understand how American policy toward Israel and the Palestinians was really made.This book tells the inside story of America's policy toward Israel and the Palestinians during the Bush years. Elliott Abrams was the deputy national security advisor who handled Middle Eastern affairs. From Bush, Cheney, Powell, and Rice to Arafat, Sharon, and the kings and sheiks of the Arab world, Abrams takes you inside the White House to understand how policy was really made. These matters are touched on in Bush's and Rice's memoirs, but are only fully examined and explained here  sometimes with admiration, sometimes with sharp criticism, always with new insights and new stories about what really happened.This book tells the inside story of America's policy toward Israel and the Palestinians during the Bush years. Elliott Abrams was the deputy national security advisor who handled Middle Eastern affairs. From Bush, Cheney, Powell, and Rice to Arafat, Sharon, and the kings and sheiks of the Arab world, Abrams takes you inside the White House to understand how policy was really made. These matters are touched on in Bush's and Rice's memoirs, but are only fully examined and explained here  sometimes with admiration, sometimes with sharp criticism, always with new insights and new stories about what really happened.This book tells the full inside story of the Bush Administration and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Written by a top National Security Council officer who worked at the White House with Bush, Cheney, and Rice and attended dozens of meetings with figures like Sharon, Mubarak, the kings of Jordan and Saudi Arabia, and Palestinian leaders, it brings the reader inside the White House and the palaces of Middle Eastern officials. How did 9/11 change American policy toward Arafat and Sharon's tough efforts against the Second Intifada? What influence did the Saudis have on President Bush? Did the American approach change when Arafat dlS¯