''The Case for Peace: How The Arab–Israeli Conflict Can Be Resolved'' is a 2005 book by

Alan Dershowitz Alan Morton Dershowitz ( ; born September 1, 1938) is an American lawyer and former law professor known for his work in U.S. constitutional law and American criminal law. From 1964 to 2013, he taught at Harvard Law School, where he was appoin ...

and follow-up to his 2003 book ''

The Case for Israel ''The Case for Israel'' is a 2003 book by Alan Dershowitz, a law professor at Harvard University. The work is a response to common criticisms of Israel. ''The Case for Israel'' was a ''New York Times'' bestseller. Summary The book is divided in ...

''.

Summary

Dershowitz was originally planning to write ''The Case Against Israel's Enemies''; however, after the death of

Yasser Arafat Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini (4 / 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat ( , ; ar, محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني, Mu ...

the author chose to focus on more positive and optimistic themes, believing that the death of the PA chairman has opened new doors to peace. Dershowitz argues that all reasonable people know that a final peace settlement will involve two states, the division of Jerusalem and a renunciation of violence.Inside Flap
The Case for Peace Dershowitz believes that the Palestinian state may be composed of multiple disjoint areas, because in today's world of high-speed internet and cheap travel, states do not require contiguity to be viable. He asserts that Palestinians should not be offered more than what was on the table during the

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, as it would reward violence. He concentrates on the shared elements of the peace process that he says both mainstream Israelis and Palestinians agree on.

Reception

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'' remarked that Dershowitz "bombards opponents with inflammatory charges based on sometimes tendentious readings of skimpily contextualized remarks..." It also stated that the book lacked "the judicious treatment these issues cry out for." Michael D. Langan of ''

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'' writes: "Dershowitz makes a compelling 'Case for Peace'...The author's advocacy skills are well-honed and incisive. In fact, one is reminded of the logical argumentation used by

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in his ''

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''...: laying out basic questions for analysis, exploring arguments that appear reasonable, and concluding with an equivalent of Aquinas's famous 'I answer that ...,' which gives the 'correct' answer. Mark Lewis, writing for ''

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'', writes that "''The Case for Peace'' is faithful to the title: Dershowitz says Yasser Arafat's death makes peace possible, if the Palestinians accept a state based in Gaza and 'nearly all of the West Bank,' with a division of greater Jerusalem."New York Times Book Review: Review of ''The Case for Peace''
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Notes

External links

Book excerpts

Amazon Online Reader: ''The Case for Peace: How the Arab–Israeli Conflict Can be Resolved''A Case Study in Hate and Intimidation – Chapter 16 of ''The Case For Peace''
PDF Format

Book reviews

* ttp://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2005/11/15/dershowitz_makes_a_compelling_case_for_peace/ ''The Case For Peace'': Boston Globe Book Reviewbr>"Famed attorney lays out plan for peace"
Stephen Mark Dobbs, ''The Jewish News Weekly'', January 26, 2007
''The Case For Peace'': Yale Israel Journal Review
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