A new vision for Israel, Palestinians and the Middle East
A Paperback Book by David Naggar
Times change. A larger Israel was once embraced by the world and considered “moderate and proper” by the future King of Syria and Iraq—the great uncle of Jordan’s King Abdullah [see map p. 183]. It is now viewed with antipathy.
Today’s current international consensus solution, two states—one Israeli, one Palestinian—within the confines of Israel and the territories—is based on flawed assumptions.
Even if two such states could be delineated by fiat, doing so would not produce a lasting peace. It would endanger the lives of some, and ruin the lives of many—Palestinians and Israelis alike.
Hopefully this book will help refocus the international debate away from how to implement an unworkable two-state solution and toward a debate about the size Israel (and possibly a Palestinian State) should be, in order to be self-sustaining and viable in the long run.
“We Arabs, especially the educated among us, look with the deepest sympathy on the Zionist movement. Our delegation here in Paris is fully acquainted with the proposals submitted yesterday by the Zionist organization to the Peace Conference, and we regard them as moderate and proper.”
— Emir Faisal to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference
Table of Contents, Maps/tables (and copyright information)
Preface. Preface
Chapter 1. Rethinking the Problem
Chapter 2. History and Perspective
Chapter 3. Do Not Expect An Equitable Solution, Expect One Guided by Self-Interest
Chapter 4. Living In a World of Nation States
Chapter 5. How Israel Benefits the Nation State World
Chapter 6. Why are there twenty-one Separate Arab States?
Chapter 7. Regional Arab Issues
Chapter 8. The Intolerance in the Islamic States
Chapter 9. Why Israel as it Exists Today Is Not Viable in the Long Run
Chapter 10. The Unfair Psychological Price of the Geopolitical Status Quo on Israeli Society
Chapter 11. The Only Long-Term Viable Israel Is a Larger Israel
Chapter 12. Humanity Would Greatly Benefit From a Viable Israel
Chapter 13. Jewish Conscience and the Size of Israel
Chapter 14. Maps Change
Chapter 15. The Moral Case for Redrawing the Borders
Chapter 16. The Case for a Viable Israel in the Quran
Chapter 17. How Large Need Israel Be in the Long Run--How It Can Happen
Chapter 18. A Palestinian State
Chapter 19. Conclusion
End Notes, Bibliography, Index
contact: dnaggar@alargerisrael.com
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Go to my blog. Every month (or so) I tie in current news events with the reasons for a larger Israel.
Today, most people are instinctively dismissive of any person who calls for a larger Israel. So I may have some work to do to convince you to read this book rather than setting it aside.
I do wholeheartedly support Israel, but let me assure you that this book is not the work of a “we’re right, they’re wrong” advocate. It is not hateful in tone. And after reading it, it is not a book about which you can easily say, “but it can never happen.”
The book invites peacemakers, negotiators and you to think outside of the box because current approaches to bring peace to the region are not working.
David Naggar