Death Tango traces the Middle East dynamic back to the events of March 27ā29, 2002. March 27, Passover Eve, witnessed the most bloody and traumatic Arab terrorist attack in Israel's history, the Park Hotel bombing in Netanya. On March 28, an Arab League summit in Beirut adopted the Arab Peace Initiative, the most far-reaching Arab attempt to set parameters for ending the Israel-Arab conflict. The next day, Israel invaded and reoccupied the West Bank in Operation Defensive Shield.
Alpher illustrates the interaction between these three critical events and depicts the key personalitiesāpoliticians, generals, and a star journalistāinvolved on all sides. It moves from a suicide bombing to the deliberations of Arab leaders; from the Israel Prime Minister's Officeāwhere Ariel Sharon fulminated against Yasser Arafatāto Washington, where the United States fumbled and misunderstood the dynamics at work; and on to the Jenin refugee camp, where Israeli soldiers won a bloody military battle but Israel lost the media battle of public opinion.
Based on extensive interviews and his deep personal knowledge, Alpher analyzes the three days in late March 2002 as a catalyst of extensive change in the Middle East, concluding that Arabs and Israelis are dancing a kind of "death tango."
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Table of contents
- Map
- Acknowledgments
- Introductory Note
- Glossary of Terms
- Prologue: Time and History
- 1 March 27, 2002: Netanya, Tulkarm, Beirut
- 2 March 27, 2002: Passover Eve in Netanya and Jerusalem
- 3 Zinni
- 4 On Suicide Bombings as a Strategy
- 5 March 28, 2002, Jerusalem: Israel Prime Ministerās Office
- 6 March 28, 2002, Beirut: The Arab Peace Initiative I
- 7 The Arab Peace Initiative II: A Conversation with Thomas L. Friedman
- 8 The Arab Peace Initiative III: The Document Is Written and Approved
- 9 Ariel Sharon and the Arab Peace Initiative
- 10 A Kind of Death Tango: Sharon and Arafat
- 11 March 29, 2002: Operation Defensive Shield and the āInner Palestinian Soulā
- 12 Sharon, Weissglass, and the American Effort
- 13 The Fence
- 14 Russia
- 15 Behind the Events of March 2002
- 16 2002ā2021
- 17 Conclusion: March 27, 28, and 29 as a Turning Point
- Appendix I: The Arab Peace Initiative as Ratified in Beirut, March 28, 2002
- Appendix II: The Roadmap for Peace in the Middle East, April 30, 2003
- Persons Interviewed for This Book
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- About the Author
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