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The Word According to Whitbeck

Whitbeck, John V.

Published by Five and Ten Press Inc, Washington, DC (2005)

ISBN 10: 1892379228 ISBN 13: 9781892379221

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Book Description Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. [4], 105, [3] pages. John V Whitbeck is an international lawyer who has advised the Palestinian negotiating team in negotiations with Israel. Since 1988, the author's articles on behalf of Middle East peace have been published more than 450 times in more than 70 different Arab, Israeli, and international newspapers, magazines, journals, and books, including, in the American press, in the Chicago Tribune, the Christian Science Monitor, the Dallas Morning News, the International Herald Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Middle East Insight, Middle East Policy, the Nation, the Washington Post, the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and the Washington Times. This volume contains all of his articles published during the period from the assumption of power by George W. Bush and Ariel Sharon in early 2001 through the end of 2004, preceded by two reminders of a far more optimistic era--late publications of his "Two States, One Holy Land" framework for peace, and his "condominium solution" for sharing Jerusalem in a context of peace and reconciliation. The themes stress the author's imaginative solutions to this problem first explained in the essays "Two States, One Holy Land" and "Sharing Jerusalem: The Condominium Solution." Later essays examine the issue of terrorism. From a review by Richard Falk found on-line: Although a practicing lawyer in Saudi Arabia by profession, a long-term resident of Paris by choice, and an American by nationality and education, John Whitbeck is above all a citizen of the world who has been actively dedicated to the pursuit of global justice for years, if not decades. His particular emphasis is on getting the United States to do right and sensible things in the Middle East, especially with regard to the long-festering struggle between Israel and Palestine. In this vein, Whitbeck, despite his early Sullivan & Cromwell credentials, has reinvented himself as a freelance journalist, adept at placing his columns in a multitude of newspapers, including some in the mainstream, and making himself available, especially to the Palestinians, as a legal/diplomatic adviser. He also has established a valuable "listserv" to distribute online his writing on the themes of his book to a group of influential persons generally sympathetic with his critical outlook. In the end, despite his genuine commitment to universal values, Whitbeck comes across as very much of an American in the best sense, traveling the world to do good, a moral entrepreneur or practical utopian who acts from conscience and conviction, with intelligence and imagination, constantly challenging conventional wisdom in the pursuit of a better world. Against such a background, it is a pleasure to welcome the publication of The World According to Whitbeck, a collection of his short journalistic pieces mainly written and published since 2001, but with a couple of earlier essays that disclose the continuity of his thought about how to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict. On one level, Whitbeck's thinking fits rather easily into a left liberal approach, favoring a two-state solution, compromising on Jerusalem, and renouncing the use of political violence against civilians by either side. But his originality arises from the specific slant given to these views. For instance, Whitbeck favors an "imposed peace," whether by the United States or the United Nations. He is convinced that neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians would be politically able to offer the necessary compromises, politicians and negotiators on both sides being captives of their constituencies. Of course, Whitbeck recognizes that such a prospect is so remote as to be hardly worth considering. He says, however, what every reasonable person knows: only a peace that allows the Palestinians to have their own state, even if limited to 22 percent of the original Palestine Mandate, will bring peace and security to both peoples, as well as serving the short and longer-term interests of the United States in the region and the world. First Edition [stated], Limited Edition of 600 copies [stated]. Seller Inventory # 81214

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