Beyond the Balfour Declaration: The 100 Year Quest for Israeli-Palestinian Peace - Couverture rigide

Turnberg, Leslie

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1785901362 ISBN 13 : 9781785901362

Editeur : Biteback Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Preface By The 5th Earl Of Balfour

2017 marks one hundred years since the Balfour Declaration, the landmark letter that expressed the British government's support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. A century later, the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians rages on, without prospect of a peace agreement any time soon. This timely book explores why innumerable efforts to resolve the conflict have always failed, and questions how an agreement could ever be reached.

Shedding some much-needed light on many of the misconceptions of the Declaration, this book also navigates the complex history of the situation ever since. Labour peer and medical professor Leslie Turnberg elegantly places this particular conflict within the context of the turmoil in the rest of the Middle East, explaining how they have influenced one another.

At a time of global uncertainties and fears of terrorism, Turnberg offers a balanced look at how best to plot a course amongst shifting alliances and an ever-changing political climate. Why have negotiations between Palestine and Israel consistently broken down? Beyond the Balfour Declaration details what an agreement might look like, and the steps that need to be taken to begin the process.

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À propos de l?auteur

After a distinguished career in medicine, Leslie Turnberg turned his attention to the thorny problems of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Professor of Medicine and Dean of the Faculty in the University of Manchester and President of the Royal College of Physicians in London, he uses his experience in research and in large organisations to analyse the reasons behind the inability of the Zionists and Arabs to reach a compromise. Now, as a Labour peer, he focuses on the problems that abound in the Middle East in his interventions in debates in the House of Lords.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Biteback Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1785901362
• ISBN 13: 9781785901362
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 432
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• Personne responsable: non disponible