It is rare for Arab politicians enmeshed in the interminable business of seeking peace between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East to air their own version of events, especially in English or French. Marwan Muasher has tangled intimately with the issue for some 20 years, including stints as Jordan's first-ever ambassador to Israel (1995-96), ambassador to the United States (1997-2002), foreign minister (2002-04) and deputy prime minister in charge of reform (2004-05).rnIn this painstakingly fair-minded and sensible memoir he tries to show why there is still no solution to the Palestinian-Israeli imbroglio. He also makes a plea forrnArab moderates, such as himself, to press on, against the odds, with an agenda of democratic reform-and not to let the poison of the conflict over Israel be an excuse for stunting the growth of a decent political order in the Arab countries themselves.
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