Arafat, a Political Biography
Author: Alan Hart
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 556
ISBN-13: 9780253327116
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPosts
State of Failure
Author: Jonathan Schanzer
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2013-10-29
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 1137365641
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe biggest obstacle to Palestinian statehood may not be Israel In September 2011, president Mahmoud Abbas stood before the United Nations General Assembly and dramatically announced his intention to achieve recognition of Palestinian statehood. The United States roundly opposed the move then, but two years later, Washington revived dreams for Palestinian statehood through bilateral diplomacy with Israel. But are the Palestinians prepared for the next step? In State of Failure, Middle East expert Jonathan Schanzer argues that the reasons behind Palestine's inertia are far more complex than we realize. Despite broad international support, Palestinian independence is stalling because of internal mismanagement, not necessarily because of Israeli intransigence. Drawing on exclusive sources, the author shows how the PLO under Yasser Arafat was ill prepared for the task of statebuilding. Arafat's successor, Mahmoud Abbas, used President George W. Bush's support to catapult himself into the presidency. But the aging leader, now four years past the end of his elected term, has not only failed to implement much needed reforms but huge sums of international aid continue to be squandered, and the Palestinian people stand to lose everything as a result. Supporters of Palestine and Israel alike will find Schanzer's narrative compelling at this critical juncture in Middle Eastern politics.
Behind the Myth
Author: Andrew Gowers
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"On the evening of December 14, 1988, in a crowded conference room in Geneva's Palais des Nations, Yasser Arafat opened a new chapter in the tangled and bloody history of the Palestinian resistance movement he has led for over 20 years. In a political departure that friends and foes alike had long doubled he would ever be able to make, Arafat explicitly recognized Israel, renounced terrorism and set out in search of recognition from the West and a peaceful solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict."--Book Jacket.
Yasser Arafat
Author: George Headlam
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780822550044
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles the life and political career of Yasser Arafat, including his founding of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement and his time as leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Arafat and Abbas
Author: Menachem Klein
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 0190087587
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA dual biography of the two leading figures in Palestinian politics, looking at what they gained and what they lost.
Arafat and the Dream of Palestine
Author: Bassam Abu Sharif
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2009-05-12
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0230621295
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbu Sharif was one of the world's most notorious and dangerous terrorists in the 60's and 70's, acting as "minister of propaganda" for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and as a recruiter for terrorists like Carlos the Jackal. In 1972, a bomb was placed in a book and sent to him, leaving him half-blind, deaf in one ear, and almost fingerless. Finally abandoning the use of violence as a means to achieve his Palestinian nationalist aspirations, he aligned himself with Yasser Arafat, eventually becoming one of his closest advisors. In this book, Abu Sharif, often alongside Arafat, takes us behind the scenes of all the major events in the Middle East during the last 30 years, from the secret caves in the West Bank where Arafat hid on his way to Jerusalem in 1967 to the peace negotiations in Oslo in 1993. Arafat and the Dream of Palestine combines a deeply personal account, informed by Abu Sharif's close relationship with Arafat, with a gripping, profoundly human history of Palestine.
Arafat
Author: Saïd K. Aburish
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 1999-09-27
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 0747544301
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA biography of the Palestinian leader
Yasir Arafat
Author: Barry Rubin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005-03-03
Total Pages: 395
ISBN-13: 0195181271
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles the life of controversial Palestinian political leader Yasir Arafat, describing his early years in Egypt and his decades in the Palestinian Liberation Organization, assessing whether his work for his people has done them more harm than good.
Arafat's War
Author: Efraim Karsh
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Published: 2007-12-01
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 1555846602
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA noted historian analyzes Yasser Arafat’s role in destabilizing the Middle East in a book praised as “eye-opening and exhaustively researched” (New York Post). Offering the first comprehensive account of the collapse of the most promising peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, historian Efraim Karsh details Arafat’s efforts since the historic Oslo Accords in building an extensive terrorist infrastructure, his failure to disarm the extremist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and the Palestinian Authority’s systematic efforts to indoctrinate hate and contempt for the Israeli people through rumor and religious zealotry. Arafat has irrevocably altered the Middle East’s political landscape, and the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict will always be Arafat’s war.
Once an Arafat Man
Author: Tass Saada
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 1414323611
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA former Palestinian sniper discusses his subsequent life in America, the religious experience which resulted in his conversion to Christianity, and his founding of a humanitarian organization which works toward a reconciliation between Palestinans and Jews.
