Jerusalem and Washington
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Jerusalem and Washington

A Life in Politics and Diplomacy

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Jerusalem and Washington

A Life in Politics and Diplomacy

About this book

Diplomat and raconteur Zalman Shoval leads readers behind the closed doors of Jerusalem and Washington in this memoir, into the rooms where prime ministers and presidents made decisions about the first Gulf War, the fate of Jonathan Pollard, the role of the PLO, and Israel's responses to international criticism and hostilities. As a member of Israel's Likud party, an early ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and a two-time ambassador to the United States, Shoval has navigated the complicated relationships among Israel's various ministers and political parties. But none was more fraught than Jerusalem and Washington's in the 1990s, when Israel's financial dependence on the U.S. ignited tensions that threatened Shoval's diplomatic expulsion. Since Israel's founding seventy years ago, Shoval has championed its independence, survival, and global reputation. His public life began as a child relocated from 1930s Europe, throwing rocks at Palestine's British occupiers and living alongside Arabs and Jews whose backgrounds differed greatly from his own. As a college student in the U.S. and Switzerland, an intelligence officer in the Israeli Defense Force, a member of Israel's governing majority in Jerusalem, and Israel's ambassador in Washington, DC, Shoval's cosmopolitan background has influenced his hopes for Israel, and his ability to negotiate with others.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Chapter 1: A Tel Aviv Boy
  6. Chapter 2: Nahalal, San Francisco, Geneva
  7. Chapter 3: “Why would a young man like you want to go into the foreign ministry?”
  8. Chapter 4: Banking and Politics
  9. Chapter 5: The Six-Day War
  10. Chapter 6: Splits and Unifications
  11. Chapter 7: War and Turnabout
  12. Chapter 8: Dayan Joins the Begin Government; Shoval: The Public Diplomat
  13. Chapter 9: Camp David, 1978
  14. Chapter 10: Begin and Dayan: No Longer
  15. Chapter 11: Hurvitz: Finance Minister; Weizman Seeks to Depose Begin
  16. Chapter 12: Breakup of La’am and the Founding of Telem; Death of Dayan
  17. Chapter 13: The First Lebanon War
  18. Chapter 14: Twice Unity
  19. Chapter 15: “Mr. Ambassador”
  20. Chapter 16: “Money is fungible.”
  21. Chapter 17: “We are not considering a preemptive strike.”
  22. Chapter 18: “Zalman, the war will start today.”
  23. Chapter 19: Bargaining and Crisis
  24. Chapter 20: “I want to begin the peace process—together with you.”
  25. Chapter 21: “Israel must choose between guarantees and settlements.”
  26. Chapter 22: The Madrid Conference
  27. Chapter 23: Couch Talks and Coffee Diplomacy
  28. Chapter 24: Stalemate with Palestinians, Progress with Jordan
  29. Chapter 25: Shamir and George H. W. Bush Leave the Stage
  30. Chapter 26: Other Troubles
  31. Chapter 27: “The Israeli Cronkite”
  32. Chapter 28: The Guarantees: Happy End
  33. Chapter 29: Rabin: “I want you to stay.”
  34. Chapter 30: “You have brought honor to Israel and the United States.”
  35. Chapter 31: “Your guy won.”
  36. Chapter 32: Washington for the Second Time
  37. Chapter 33: The Wye River Conference; Pressure and a Near Blowup
  38. Chapter 34: Efforts to Block the Iranian Nuclear Program
  39. Chapter 35: Another New Boss: Ehud Barak
  40. Chapter 36: Return Home; Barak Is Defeated by Sharon
  41. Notes
  42. About the Author