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The Endless Quest for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

A Reflection from No Man's Land

Palgrave Macmillan

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  • Offers a compelling insider’s account of the United Nations' role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
  • Shares reflections and fresh thinking on how to preserve prospects for a two state solution
  • Shows conflict management and peace efforts in action

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Introduction

    • Robert Serry
    Pages 1-4
  3. The First Gaza War

    • Robert Serry
    Pages 25-41
  4. Endless Talks About Talks

    • Robert Serry
    Pages 43-52
  5. Hamas: The Elephant in the Room

    • Robert Serry
    Pages 65-74
  6. Picking Olives and Building the State

    • Robert Serry
    Pages 75-83
  7. Mozart in Gaza, Unity Tunes in Cairo

    • Robert Serry
    Pages 85-93
  8. The Arab Tempest

    • Robert Serry
    Pages 109-117
  9. Jerusalem: The Crux of the Conflict

    • Robert Serry
    Pages 175-184
  10. If Not Two States, What Else?

    • Robert Serry
    Pages 185-194
  11. Conclusion

    • Robert Serry
    Pages 195-202
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 203-221

About this book

In this book a former United Nations Envoy offers an insider perspective on conflict management and peace efforts during the three most recent failed peace initiatives and three wars in Gaza. Robert Serry shares his reflections on walking the tight rope of diplomacy between Israel and Palestine and his analysis of what has gone wrong and why a “one-state reality” may be around the corner. Offering fresh thinking on how to preserve prospects for a two-state solution, this book examines the UN’s uneasy history in the Arab-Israeli conflict since partition was proposed in resolution 181 (1948) and provides a rare insight into the life of a United Nations Envoy in today’s Middle East. 




Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Diplomacy, Seton Hall University School of Diplomacy, Wassenaar, The Netherlands

    Robert Serry

About the author

Robert Serry is a Dutch diplomat who served as the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the United Nations’ Secretary-General’s Personal Representative to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority from 2008 to 2015. He was the Dutch ambassador to Ireland, served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary-General for Crisis Management and Operations at NATO and was the first Dutch ambassador to Ukraine. He is the author of Standplaats Kiev.

Bibliographic Information

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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