Book: Israeli Rejectionism

Israeli Rejectionism

A Hidden Agenda in the Middle East Peace

ProcessZalman Amit and Daphna Levit Pre-

order now for priority shipping in the first

week of February 2011. The Palestine-Israel

conflict is one of the longest running and

seemingly intractable confrontations in the

modern world. This book delves deep into the

 ‘peace process’ to find out why so little progress

has been made on the key issues. Zalman Amit

and Daphna Levit find overwhelming evidence

of Israeli rejectionism as the main cause for the

failure of peace.

They demonstrate that the Israeli leadership has

always been against a fairly negotiated peace and

have deliberately stalled negotiations for the last

80 years. The motivations behind this rejectionist

position have changed, as have the circumstances

of the conflict, but the conclusion has remained

consistent –peace has not been in the interest of the

 state of Israel.

A fascinating read, and particularly timely as the

Obama administration tries once more for a peace

settlement, this book draws on a wealth of sources –

including Hebrew documents and transcripts – to

show that it is the Palestinians who lack a viable

 ‘partner for peace’.

Zalman Amit was born in Palestine and grew up in

a newly created Israel. He is Distinguished Professor

Emeritus at Concordia University in Canada and is

the author of four books and over 300 articles.

Daphna Levit taught finance and economics at the

Universities of Tel Aviv and Ben Gurion. She has

edited and contributed to numerous books on

Middle Eastern Politics.