Israel on the road to peace: accepting the unacceptable

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1 Introduction: Israel, the Stubborn Partner -- PART ONE THE PEACEMAKERS -- 2 International Interests in a Stabilized Middle East -- Preventing Superpower Confrontation -- Reducing Soviet Influence in the Middle East -- Protecting Oil Supplies to the Western Allies and Japan -- Easing the Strain in U.S. Relations with Its Western Allies and Japan -- Protecting Israel -- Promoting Human Rights for the Palestinians -- PART TWO BEYOND CAMP DAVID -- 3 A New Beginning: The Reagan Initiative -- Political Background -- The Reagan Administration's Motivation -- The Reagan Plan -- Israeli Reaction -- 4 The First Alternative: Secretary Shultz's Initiative -- Political Background: From the Reagan Plan to the Intifada -- The Reagan Administration's Motivation -- The Shultz Initiative, March 4, 1988 -- The International Conferences Idea -- Israeli Reaction -- 5 Another Approach: The Baker Peace Initiative -- The U.S.-PLO Dialogue -- The Shamir-Rabin Peace Plan -- Mubarak's Peace Initiative -- The Baker Plan -- Israeli Reaction -- 6 The Final Building Block: The Madrid Conference -- Background and Motivation -- The Madrid Initiative -- Israeli Reaction to the Gulf War and to the Postwar U.S. Peace Initiative -- The Madrid Conference: Ten Rounds of Futile Negotiations -- 7 The Breakthrough: The Oslo Connection -- Background and Motivation -- The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the End of the Cold War -- Shortcomings of the Washington Talks -- The Clinton Administration's Pro-Israeli Stand -- European Involvement -- The Defeat of Saddam Hussein -- Conditions in the Territories -- The Reemergence of Labor as the Leading Party in Israel -- The Survival of Rabin's Coalition -- Israel's Self-Confidence -- The Gaza-Jericho Plan