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Thanks for sharing!  On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 2:45 PM Judith Ferster < jferster@ncsu.edu > wrote: https://fmep.org/event/preventing-palestine-40-years-us-led-peacemaking-failed-palestinians/   Seth Anzika talks about his new book and its newly de-classified sources and the switch in US policy about settlements and Palestinian autonomy vs. sovereignty. Respondents/discussants are two veterans of U.S. Middle East policy, with experience both in and out of government: James Zogby, President of the Arab American Institute, and Lara Friedman, President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace.   Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

https://fmep.org/event/preventing-palestine-40-years-us-led-peacemaking-failed-palestinians/   Seth Anzika talks about his new book and its newly de-classified sources and the switch in US policy about settlements and Palestinian autonomy vs. sovereignty. Respondents/discussants are two veterans of U.S. Middle East policy, with experience both in and out of government: James Zogby, President of the Arab American Institute, and Lara Friedman, President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace.   Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

https://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/shadow-oslo-palestinians-face-fractured-legacy-489998730   The Oslo Accords used the classic strategy of divide and conquer, with the goal of leaving Palestinians within Israel behind...   Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/20/opinion/israel-camp-david-anniversary-carter.html The Camp David Accords were signed 40 years ago. Newly declassified documents show how Israel got its way… The pursuit of a peace deal with Egypt had become a means to avoid peace with the Palestinians….While commemorating the key breakthrough leading to a peace agreement between Egypt and Israel, we might therefore consider Camp David's more troubling legacy: a crucial step in the perpetuation of Palestinian statelessness.   Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member  

https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-say-man-dies-while-in-israeli-custody-after-pre-dawn-arrest/ Israel rebuffs charges Bayt Rima was beaten, says he lost consciousness while in custody for unclear reasons; family accuses army of 'executing' him...   Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/18/preventing-palestine-review-israel-pyrrhic-victories - The Guardian This splendid book by a young American Jewish scholar is the product of an early emotional and intellectual transformation.Seth Anziska is fired by personal transformation and intellectual rigour – but never lapses into propaganda…Peventing Palestine's core argument is focused on the Camp David accords presided over by Jimmy Carter in 1978, which led the Israeli prime minister, Menachem Begin, to agree to relinquish the Sinai to Egypt, in exchange for Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat's promise to end the state of war and recognize the state of Israel.   This was widely seen as both a great triumph for Carter and the single greatest leap toward peace in the Middle East since the end of the six-day war.   Anziska has a different view… Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-offers-palestinians-5-billion-aid-negotiate-israel-report-1120364   President Donald Trump's administration offered the Palestinians $5 billion in aid if they negotiate with Israel, according to a report by the Israeli business paper Globes .The offer was an attempt by the president's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner and his special envoy Jason Greenblatt to bring Palestinians back to the negotiating table, according to the report. The two men are in charge of coming up with a Middle East peace plan that would find a solution to the longstanding dispute between Israelis and Palestinians.   Greenblatt, however, denied the claim. "Myth: Globes 'reporting' that POTUS is offering $5b to [Palestine] to return to the negotiating table," he tweeted. Posted by Judith Ferster, AIME member