Book by Rashid Khalidi analyzes three critical moments in the US-brokered peace process—the Reagan Middle East Peace Plan of 1982, negotiations between the Madrid Conference of 1991 and the Oslo Accord of 1993, and President Obama's walking back pressure on Israel to freeze settlement expansion—to argue that the US has consistently acted as an advocate for Israeli positions rather than an honest broker. Khalidi draws on diplomatic records and personal experience to show how US mediation systematically undermined Palestinian rights and prospects for self-determination. Recommended for policy researchers, students, and practitioners studying the structural bias of US diplomatic mediation between Israel and Palestinian negotiators.
