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Provides the most probing discussion of the Camp David experience and its implications from insider perspectives, especially from the Israeli side. What makes the volume such a valuable and surprisingly revealing resource is the discussions among heavyweight Israeli political figures and intellectuals. These discussions disclose sharp cleavages among the Israelis as to what went wrong and what the failure means for the future. --Journal of Palestine Studies The centerpiece of the book . . . and its real raison d' tre, is a lengthy presentation by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak entitled The Myths Spread About Camp David Are Baseless, which gives a pretty clear idea of his no-holds-barred defense of his conduct at the historic summit. --International Journal of Middle East Studies

The centerpiece of the book . . . and its real raison d'etre , is a lengthy presentation by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak entitled The Myths Spread About Camp David Are Baseless, which gives a pretty clear idea of his no-holds-barred defense of his conduct at the historic summit. -- International Journal of Middle East Studies Provides the most probing discussion of the Camp David experience and its implications from insider perspectives, especially from the Israeli side. What makes the volume such a valuable and surprisingly revealing resource is the discussions among heavyweight Israeli political figures and intellectuals. These discussions disclose sharp cleavages among the Israelis as to what went wrong and what the failure means for the future. Journal of Palestine Studies The centerpiece of the book . . . and its real raison d etre, is a lengthy presentation by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak entitled The Myths Spread About Camp David Are Baseless, which gives a pretty clear idea of his no-holds-barred defense of his conduct at the historic summit. International Journal of Middle East Studies The centerpiece of the book . . . and its real raison d'etre, is a lengthy presentation by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak entitled The Myths Spread About Camp David Are Baseless, which gives a pretty clear idea of his no-holds-barred defense of his conduct at the historic summit. --International Journal of Middle East Studies Provides the most probing discussion of the Camp David experience and its implications from insider perspectives, especially from the Israeli side. What makes the volume such a valuable and surprisingly revealing resource is the discussions among heavyweight Israeli political figures and intellectuals. These discussions disclose sharp cleavages among the Israelis as to what went wrong and what the failure means for the future. --Journal of Palestine Studies The centrepiece of the book, however, and its real raison d'etre, is a lengthy presentation by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak entitled The Myths Spread About Camp David Are Baseless, which gives a pretty clear idea of his no-holds-barred defense of his conduct at the historic summit. ... There are many other tidbits in this volume that are intriguing. Yossi Ginossar, former Shin Bet official and member of the Israeli delegation at Camp David II, paints a very different picture of what happened there. His is quite critical of the lack of American leadership at the summit (p. 56), argues that Barak should have dealt directly with Arafat (p. 57), and states bluntly that we Israelis are somewhat condescending toward Arabs in general, and toward the Palestinians in particular (p. 59). Another tantalizing claim, this one from Gilead Sher, directly contradicts Barak by saying, The fact is that the Right of Return was never the obstacle to reaching a permanent status agreement, neither at Camp David nor at any point thereafter (p. 67). -- International Journal of Middle East Studies The Camp David Summit - What Went Wrong? provides the most probing discussion of the Camp David experience and its implications from insider perspectives, especially from the Israeli side. What makes the volume such a valuable and surprisingly revealing resource is the discussions among heavyweight Israeli political figures and intellectuals. These discussions disclose sharp cleavages among the Israelis as to what went wrong and what the failure means for the future. For instance, Danny Yatom, former head of the Mossad as well as a member of the Israeli delegation at Camp David, said this about the Palestinian position: 'we were not guilty of misunderstanding the depth of concessions that were required of the Palestinians. We understood very well the Palestinian argument that they had already made all the possible concessions when they agreed to the borders of June 4, 1967. We understood this, but did not accept it. It was not a matter of misunderstanding, but of disagreement' (Danny Yatom in Shamir and Maddy-Weitzman, p. 39). -- Journal of Palestine Studies

The centerpiece of the book . . . and its real raison d' tre, is a lengthy presentation by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak entitled The Myths Spread About Camp David Are Baseless, which gives a pretty clear idea of his no-holds-barred defense of his conduct at the historic summit. --International Journal of Middle East Studies Provides the most probing discussion of the Camp David experience and its implications from insider perspectives, especially from the Israeli side. What makes the volume such a valuable and surprisingly revealing resource is the discussions among heavyweight Israeli political figures and intellectuals. These discussions disclose sharp cleavages among the Israelis as to what went wrong and what the failure means for the future. --Journal of Palestine Studies

The centerpiece of the book . . . and its real raison d'etre , is a lengthy presentation by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak entitled The Myths Spread About Camp David Are Baseless, which gives a pretty clear idea of his no-holds-barred defense of his conduct at the historic summit. -- International Journal of Middle East Studies

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Shimon Shamir, Professor Emeritus of Middle Eastern History, is former Israeli Ambassador to Egypt; first Israeli Ambassador to Jordan; and current Head of The Institute for Diplomacy and Regional Cooperation, Tel Aviv University. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman is a Senior Research Fellow at the Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University.

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