ISBN:
080185928X
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 206 S.
,
Ill.
Year of publication:
1998
Parallel Title:
Parallele Sprachausgabe Conversations avec ShimonPeres
DDC:
956.9405/092
Keywords:
Peres, Shimon
;
Peres, Shimon 〈1923-〉 Interviews
;
Peres, Shimʿon
;
Arabisch-Israëlisch conflict
;
INTERVIEWING
;
ISRAEL
;
MIDDLE EAST SITUATION
;
PALESTINE QUESTION
;
STATESMEN
;
Nahostkonflikt
;
Politik
;
Arab-Israeli conflict
;
Statesmen Interviews
;
Nahostkonflikt
;
Gespräch
;
Interview
;
Israel Politics and government
;
Interview
;
Peres, Shimʿon 1923-2016
;
Interview
;
Peres, Shimʿon 1923-2016
;
Nahostkonflikt
;
Peres, Shimʿon 1923-2016
;
Gespräch
Abstract:
For the Future of Israel reveals the character of a leader who participated in the birth of his country and whose thoughts remain ever on the future - on the basis and prospects for peace. In five conversations with novelist and former Newsweek correspondent Robert Littell, Peres reflects on his youth in shtetl and kibbutz, the impact of the Holocaust on world affairs, what it means to be a Jew, and the ongoing struggle to end terrorism and forge peace between Israel and its neighbors. The interviews reflect the changed State of Israel since the assassination of Yitzak Rabin (after which Peres was named prime minister and defense minister) and the subsequent election of a Likud-led government in Israel and its renegotiation of the Oslo agreements. Peres speaks candidly of his dealings with Arafat and of his close, complementary relationship with Rabin. Ranging widely over the last fifty years, he ponders the effect of the occupation of the territories on the character of his country. He gives his views on public figures he has known (among them Ben Gurion, Mitterrand, Reagan, Netanyahu, Yeltsin, and Clinton), the qualities of good leadership, and the dangers of extremism and religious parties.
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