In Like Dreamers, acclaimed journalist Yossi Klein Halevi interweaves the stories of a group of 1967 paratroopers who reunited Jerusalem, tracing the history of Israel and the divergent ideologies shaping it from the Six-Day War to the present.

"A perceptive and provocative history of Henry Kissinger's diplomatic negotiations in the Middle East that illuminates the unique challenges and barriers Kissinger and his successors have faced in their attempts to broker peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors"--

'The PLO: The Struggle Within' is a comprehensive and up-to-date history of the PLO and the development of Palestinian political thinking. Based on access to the PLO's own documents and numerous interviews with the readers of its various groups and factions, the author recounts the major debates that have taken place within the movement over the past two decades. Alain Gresh illustrates how the PLO has made the difficult transition from the original idea of the destruction of the state of Israel to the current notion of recovering at least some part of occupied Palestine and creating there a separate and independent Palestinian State alongside Israel. The breakdown of Palestinian power in Lebanon following the Israeli invasion, Arafat's clash with Syria, the siege of the refugee camps and the attempt to create a new united Palestinian strategy for the next decade are crucial elements in the evolution of the Middle East conflict. In this updated and revised second edition, Gresh covers the impact of these changes and draws out their implications for the final decade of this century.

Daavid Kimche has served in the Israeli Prime Minister's Office for many years and in 1980 was appointed Director-General of the Foreign Ministry. He has therefore been involved behind the scenes in all the major political events that Israel has engaged in for the past two decades. In this book, he not only gives an informed and often controversial appraisal of events, but also provides first-hand insights into situations in which he personally played a central role: for example, from his early meetings with Bashir Gemayel in Lebanon in 1976 to the Israeli invasion, and Israel's role in Irangate. Instead of covering old ground by describing events that many others have already written about, he instead puts forward a number of new theories which should provoke a reassessment of the political history of the area. With fascinating chapters on Israel's relations with Egypt, the United States and Lebanon, on the Iran-Iraq conflict, the Gulf War, and the current situation with the Palestinians and the intifada, Kimche not only gives a comprehensive and clear account of complicated events, but also provides his own explanations and criticisms of people and policies, which make the book an important contribution to the history of the Middle East as well as to what is happening in the region today.