1st Edition

When Enemies Dare to Talk An Israeli-Palestinian Debate

Edited By Simha Flapan Copyright 1979
132 Pages
by Routledge

132 Pages
by Routledge

In September 1978 while the Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and US President Jimmy Carter discussed the future of the Middle East at Camp David a less publicised but equally significant conference was held in Israel. This conference, the first of its kind, brought together prominent representatives in both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, not to... Read more

1.Introduction Simha Flapan 2. First Session (5 September 1978) 3. Second Session (5 September 1978) 4. Third Session (6 September 1978).

Biography

Simha Flapan (1911–1987) was an Israeli historian and politician and had a long and distinguished career as a writer, publisher, peace activist and educator. From 1954 to 1981 he was National Secretary of Israel's Mapam party and Director of its Arab Affairs department. He was founder and editor-in-chief of the Middle East monthly New Outlook, and founder and director of the Jewish-Arab Institute and the Israeli Peace Research Institute. He was aFellow at he Harvard University Center for International Affiars, a visiting scholar at the Harvard Center for Middle East Sutdies, and a Foreign Associate of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. 

Original Review of When Enemies Dare to Talk:

‘…contributes insights and information on Arab-Israeli relations and particularly Palestinian-Israeli relations…’ Ian Lustick, Middle East Journal, Vol 34, No. 3 (1980).