Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
1 Is Israel-Arab Peace Even Possible? 1
2 Why Write This Book? 13
3 In the Beginning 18
4 Making Aliya to an Arab Village 28
5 Working for the Israeli Government 52
6 The Institute for Education for Jewish Arab Coexistence 58
7 The Israeli Army Drafts Me 68
8 The First Engagement-The Intifada 76
9 Inventing IPCRI 84
10 A Day in the Life of an Israeli Peace Activist 92
11 Becoming a Security Threat 101
12 The Magical Kingdom 111
13 From Security List to Advisor to the Prime Minister 114
14 Bringing Security to the Table 121
15 The al-Aqsa Intifada, September 2000 129
16 Dilemmas of a Peacemaker 136
17 Near Death Experiences 140
18 Making Peace 157
19 Lessons Learned 178
20 Why the Kerry Initiative Failed 190
21 A Plan to Replace the Netanyahu Government 197
22 Netanyahu Wins, Hands Down 214
23 Where to from Here? 217
24 What Does Peace Look Like? 232
25 Final Thoughts 274
Notes 277
Index 281