TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gil,Avi
AU  - Levy,Eylon
TI  - Shimon peres: an insider's account of the man and the struggle for a New Middle East 
SN  - 9780755617029
AV  - DS 126.6.P47 G54S 2021 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London, UK
PB  - I.B. Tauris
KW  - Peres, Shimon, 
KW  - Arab-Israeli conflict
KW  - Israel
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 20th century
N2  - "The late Israeli Foreign Minister, Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres was a towering figure in Israeli and Middle Eastern politics. But what drove the hawkish statesman behind Israel's nuclear deterrence and early settlement policy to stake his political reputation on peace negotiations with the Arab world and the PLO, Israel's sworn enemy? In this insider's account, written by Avi Gil, Peres's close confidant over almost 30 years, we witness firsthand the tense moments during the historic Oslo talks, kept under the strictest secrecy, when the explosive revelation that Peres was directing direct communications with Yasser Arafat's representatives for the first time threatened to leak to the press. We also see the fervent discussions and arguments between the personalities involved in the peace process, including Peres's rivalries with the Prime Ministers he served under, including Rabin, Sharon and Netanyahu."
ER  -