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September 5, 2018

Why the Oslo Peace Process Succeeded in Coopting Israeli Leaders

A unique case in which one party to an agreement was amenable to its wholesale violation.

The practical and toughminded Yitzḥak Rabin, who was neither a starry-eyed idealist like Shimon Peres nor a hard leftist like the negotiators Yossi Beilin and Uri Savir, nonetheless, as Israel’s prime minister, went along with the Oslo peace process. Efraim Karsh tells the story of how Rabin came repeatedly to put aside his perceptive doubts about negotiations with Yasir Arafat:

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September 5, 2018

  1. Why the Oslo Peace Process Succeeded in Coopting Israeli Leaders

    A unique case in which one party to an agreement was amenable to its wholesale violation.

  2. Donald Trump’s Chaotic Friendship with Israel

    And the dangers of trusting Russia.

  3. The Real Reasons Palestinian Leaders Don’t Want Arabs to Vote in Jerusalem’s Election

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  4. God, Loneliness, and the End of Love

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  5. Making an Ultra-Orthodox Middle Class

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