Brink Of Peace: The Israeli-Syrian Negotiations; Author: Rabinovich, Itamar; Paperback

Author: Rabinovich, Itamar
Paperback
302 pages
Published: July 1999
University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
ISBN: 0691010234

A major casualty of the assassin's bullet that struck down Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was a prospective peace accord between Syria and Israel. For the first time, a negotiator whohad unique access to Rabin, as well as detailed knowledge of Syrian history and politics, tells the inside story of the failed negotiations. His account provides a key to understanding not only U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East but also the larger Arab-Israeli peace process.The Israeli-Syrian Negotiations. This account details Israeli Prime Minister Rabin's negotiations for peace between Syria and Israel, and their impact through two subsequent Israeli administrations. It also covers the American and Egyptian roles, and the ongoing debate between Syria and Israel on the bases for resuming talks.