Since the 1970s, diplomats, ministers, and intellectuals have devoted their efforts to achieving lasting peace between Israel and its neighbors, but to no avail. How did we get to this point?
Yasmina Asrarkis revisits the crucial stages of this impossible endeavour: from the political assassinations and waves of violence that have erupted since the Camp David Accords of 1978, to the Abraham Accords launched by Donald Trump in 2020. Many hopes were dashed. But diplomacy alone does not explain these failures. Economics plays a pivotal role. This is amazingOne of the book's most important contributions, it places money and the corruption of individuals, companies, and even states, at the heart of power dynamics in the region. These dynamics also explain why peace in the Middle East remains, to this day, a mirage, and the peoples are its first victims.
