{"product_id":"brokers-of-deceit-how-the-us-has-undermined-peace-in-the-middle-east-9780807033241","title":"Brokers of Deceit: How the US Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2014 Lionel Trilling Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn examination of the failure of the United States as a broker in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, through three key historical moments \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seven decades the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people has raged on with no end in sight, and for much of that time, the United States has been involved as a mediator in the conflict. In this book, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eacclaimed historian Rashid Khalidi zeroes in on the United States's role as the purported impartial broker in this failed peace process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Khalidi closely analyzes three historical moments that illuminate how the United States' involvement has, in fact, thwarted progress toward peace between Israel and Palestine. The first moment he investigates is the \"Reagan Plan\" of 1982, when Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin refused to accept the Reagan administration's proposal to reframe the Camp David Accords more impartially. The second moment covers the period after the Madrid Peace Conference, from 1991 to 1993, during which negotiations between Israel and Palestine were brokered by the United States until the signing of the secretly negotiated Oslo accords. Finally, Khalidi takes on President Barack Obama's retreat from plans to insist on halting the settlements in the West Bank. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through in-depth research into and keen analysis of these three moments, as well as his own firsthand experience as an advisor to the Palestinian delegation at the 1991 pre-Oslo negotiations in Washington, DC, Khalidi reveals how the United States and Israel have actively colluded to prevent a Palestinian state and resolve the situation in Israel's favor. \u003ci\u003eBrokers of Deceit\u003c\/i\u003e bares the truth about why peace in the Middle East has been impossible to achieve: for decades, US policymakers have masqueraded as unbiased agents working to bring the two sides together, when, in fact, they have been the agents of continuing injustice, effectively preventing the difficult but essential steps needed to achieve peace in the region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRashid Khalidi \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of seven books about the Middle East, including \u003ci\u003ePalestinian Identity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Brokers of Deceit, Resurrecting Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Iron Cage\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSowing Crisis. \u003c\/i\u003eHis writing on Middle Eastern history and politics has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and many journals. For his work on the Middle East, Professor Khalidi has received fellowships and grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the American Research Center in Egypt, and the Rockefeller Foundation, among others. He is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University in New York and is editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Palestine Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50894300774674,"sku":"9780807033241","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_baf1aeb5-4b64-44c6-9c0b-075526927b74.jpg?v=1738248103","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/brokers-of-deceit-how-the-us-has-undermined-peace-in-the-middle-east-9780807033241","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}