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September 2008, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered to create a Palestinian state in Gaza, almost all of the West Bank, and half of Jerusalem.
Michael B. Oren • Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
From the get-go, Ben-Gurion relentlessly tried to reach a peace deal between the Arabs and the Jews.
Noa Tishby • Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
Peres subsequently served in a number of significant roles beyond his being a member of the Knesset, including minister of foreign affairs, minister of defense, minister of finance, and prime minister from 1984 to 1986. Now, committed to Rabin’s vision of peace, he pushed on with Oslo. In November and December 1995, Israel redeployed out of all the
... See moreDaniel Gordis • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
The Labor Party won the postponed elections in December 1973, but Golda Meir resigned in April 1974 and was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. Rabin had a smaller majority than Meir had had in her first term, and with the country still seething, he was in many ways presiding over a party whose hegemony was about to end.
Daniel Gordis • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
Arafat knew he could get Israel to overreact, first by electing a more hawkish prime minister to replace the dovish Ehud Barak,