Intifada; The Palestinian Uprising--Israel's Third Front

Ze'ev Schiff and Ehud Ya'ari

ISBN 10: 0671675303 / ISBN 13: 9780671675301

Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, NY, 1990

About this Item

Simon and Schuster, New York. 1990. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail; scant shelfwear to bottom boards. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($22.95); light bumping to head and tail; small dent at front gutter. Cream boards with black cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 352 pp 8vo. This is the inside account of the Palestinian uprising that has forever altered the Middle East equation. The authors describe how this spontaneous outburst developed into an organized revolt that has become, in effect, a third front for Israel. Full discussion of the broader political impact for the region and its principal supporters, the US and Russia. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Intifada; The Palestinian Uprising--Israel's Third Front
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671675303
• ISBN 13: 9780671675301
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Middle East Affairs
  • General Military

About this title

Synopsis

Describes the political problems the Palestinian Uprising has caused Israeli leaders and suggests steps towards a resolution of the conflict

Reviews

The authors of this surprisingly optimistic study, both Israeli journalists, describe how the Palestinians have made strategic gains through Jordan's renunciation of its claim over the occupied territories and by the recognition of the PLO by the U.S. They note that the PLO has revised its attitude toward a possible settlement and that Israeli leaders are beginning to understand that any settlement must be negotiated with the Palestinians themselves rather than with the Arab states. Arguing for a tripartite union bringing Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians together in a single settlement package, Schiff and Ya'ari urge two immediate steps: an administrative withdrawal by the Israelis from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and the transfer of the latter to the PLO with a locally elected leadership "to test the Palestinians' ability to hold to an agreement and prevent acts of terrorism."
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In this book, two Israeli journalists examine the anticolonial uprising by Palestinians against the Israeli occupation that erupted in December 1987 as part of their general description of the anxiety and anger of the Palestinian population. They document the names of the various organizations and their leaders who are directing the uprising with surprising detail, and seem to have had unusual access to Israeli officials. This may be added to the growing literature on the event, including Don Peretz's Intifada (Westview, 1990) and Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv's Behind the Uprising (Greenwood, 1989). Recommended for subject collections.
- Sanford R. Silverburg, Catawba Coll., Salisbury,
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