Lingering Conflict

Itamar Rabinovich was Israel's chief negotiator with Syria 1992–95 and served as ambassador to the United States 1993–96. He is a distinguished fellow with the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and is a former president of Tel Aviv University.

"There is no better guide than Itamar Rabinovich to the story of Israel and the Arabsover the past half-century. His careful chronicle of peacemaking efforts makesdepressing reading, as a story of courageous efforts that failed and opportunities thatwere missed." —David Ignatius, columnist for the Washington Post and author of Blood Money|"[ The Lingering Conflict] explains, in the author's characteristically clear and articulatestyle, everything that went wrong in the long years of negotiations in the variousarenas, though not overlooking the lone successes: the peace treaties with Egyptand Jordan." — Haaretz|" The Lingering Conflict reflects the author's keen strategic insights and the perspectivegained as an important participant in key Arab-Israeli negotiations. With its informedanalysis of the consequences of the Arab Spring, this book makes a major contributiontoward understanding the tangled issues that stand in the way of Middle East peace." —Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, former U.S. secretary of state|"[ The Lingering Conflict]... adopts the style of sweeping overview, stitching togetherthe disparate strands of the domestic politics and diplomacy in each of the three keycountries —Israel, Syria, and the United States. Given the unique dual vantage pointfrom which Rabinovich was able to observe these developments, this book is a tourd'horizon of the peace process that should appeal to a broad public audience." —Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer, Princeton University|"What is particularly valuable in Rabinovich's new book is his analysis of the firstNetanyahu government (1996–99) in light of its later iteration, as well as the Olmertadministration (2006–09) and current Netanyahu government (2009–present)." — International Journal on World Peace