Posted on 28/08/04
The peace that understanding passeth
The Missing Peace:The Inside Story of the Fightfor Middle East PeaceBy Dennis RossFarrar, Straus & Giroux,840 pages, $52.50Over the past four years, the confrontation between Arabs and Israelis has assumed a particularly virulent and intractable form, fuelled by suspicion, distrust and hatred. This struggle has deep historic and sociological roots based on identity, emotion, mythology, territory and sheer survival. It is therefore an easy matter to forget that just over a dozen years ago, the Oslo accords were signed between Israelis and Palestinians in Washington.
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