New issues in mediating the Israel-Palestine deadlock / / edited by Barry Steiner.

• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (129 pages)

The essays in this book, originally published in a special issue of the journal International Negotiation (vol. 23.1, 2018), are intended to enhance America's ability to mediate Israel-Palestine conflict. Every American president for the last thirty years, down to Donald Trump, has chosen to engage in this effort. To help understand and evaluate these efforts, and to focus upon the more promising mediation directions, these essays analyze mediation options in detail. I. William Zartman accentuates special challenges of third party mediation. Amira Schiff critiques John Kerry’s mediation effort made on behalf of the Obama Administration. Galia Golan outlines mediation requirements in light of past American mediation efforts. Walid Salem suggests a new paradigm centered upon symmetry rather than asymmetry to assist Israel-Palestine peacemaking. And Barry Steiner studies a specific mediation action proposal.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- New Elements for Introducing Symmetry in the Middle East Peace Process / I. William Zartman -- The Kerry Peace Initiative in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: When Hope and Good Intentions Are Not Enough / Amira Schiff -- Getting the Job Done: Bolstering American Mediation on Palestine. An Israeli Plan for American Mediation of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict / Galia Golan -- “Going for Broke” on Palestine / Barry H. Steiner -- Beyond Exacerbating Asymmetry and Sustaining Occupation: An Alternative Approach for United States Intervention in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict / Walid Salem.