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Happy to have contributed to this important volume.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher's description<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

More than a century on from the Balfour Declaration, more than 50 years since the fateful war of 1967, and a full decade into the inhuman siege of Gaza-painfully, absurdly, almost unbelievably-the Israel-Palestine conflict rolls on. Amidst a growing sense that the Palestinian\u2019s long struggle for self-determination has reached a crossroads, if not an impasse, this volume takes stock, draw lessons from experience, and weigh paths forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moment of Truth: Tackling Israel-Palestine\u2019s Toughest Questions<\/em>\u00a0seeks to clarify what it would take to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict, to assess the prospects of doing so, and to illuminate what is possible in Palestine. It assembles an unprecedented wealth of expertise-encompassing political leaders, preeminent scholars, and dedicated activists from Israel, Palestine, and abroad-in direct critical exchange on the issues at the heart of the world\u2019s most intractable conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Has Israel\u2019s settlement enterprise made a Palestinian state impossible? Can the Palestinian leadership end the occupation? Is Israel\u2019s rule in the Palestinian territories a form of apartheid? Could the US government force Israel to withdraw? In a series of compelling, enlightening, and at times no-holds-barred debates, leading authorities tackle these and other challenges, exposing myths, challenging preconceptions, and establishing between them a more sober and informed basis for political action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contributors:<\/strong> Musa Abuhashhash, As\u2019ad Abukhalil, Mkhaimar Abusada, Gilbert Achcar, Ghaith al-Omari, Ghassan Andoni, Usama Antar, Nur Arafeh, Shaul Arieli, Arie Arnon, Tareq Baconi, Sam Bahour, Sari Bashi, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Suhad Bishara, Nathan J. Brown, Diana Buttu, John Dugard, Michael Dumper, Hagai El-Ad, Richard A. Falk, Norman G. Finkelstein, Neve Gordon, Ran Greenstein, Yoaz Hendel, Jamil Hilal, Khaled Hroub, Amal Jamal, Jan de Jong, Leila Khaled, Raja Khalidi, Rami G. Khouri, Lior Lehrs, Gideon Levy, Alon Liel, John J. Mearsheimer, Jessica Montell, Rami Nasrallah, Wendy Pearlman, Nicola Perugini, William B. Quandt, Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, Glen Rangwala, Glenn E. Robinson, Nadim Rouhana, Sara Roy, Bashir Saade, Robbie Sabel, Dahlia Scheindlin, Daniel Seidemann, Michael Sfard, Muhammad Shehada, Raja Shehadeh, Sammy Smooha, Mark Tessler, Nathan Thrall, Ahmed Yousef, Ido Zelkovitz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TACKLING ISRAEL-PALESTINE'S TOUGHEST QUESTIONS <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"A monumental and exceptionally rich book.\"<\/strong> \u2014Andreas Van Agt, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"An extremely rich collection.\"<\/strong> \u2014Mouin Rabbani, Senior Fellow, Institute for Palestine Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Incisive and stimulating.\"<\/strong> \u2014Sara Roy, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"An informed and important contribution.\"<\/strong> \u2014Charles D. Smith, Professor Emeritus of Middle East History, University of Arizona<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit the publisher's website for more information<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Moment of Truth: Tackling Israel-Palestine\u2019s Toughest Questions<\/em>\u00a0seeks to clarify what it would take to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict, to assess the prospects of doing so, and to illuminate what is possible in Palestine. It assembles an unprecedented wealth of expertise-encompassing political leaders, preeminent scholars, and dedicated activists from Israel, Palestine, and abroad-in direct critical exchange on the issues at the heart of the world\u2019s most intractable conflict. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[948],"tags":[1507,546,1490,1470,1462,1501,1495,1496,590,1464,1468,866,1463,1500,1503,1482,1509,359,1486,1473,1489,1472,1077,1478,1476,1488,1492,1505,1479,1497,1465,360,1508,1461,1499,1483,1441,1477,1498,1056,496,1480,1124,1051,1493,1485,878,1494,106,1598,1506,1504,1471,1466,1351,1474,1467,1469,1502,1491,1487],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-3673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","tag-ahmed-yousef","tag-alon-liel","tag-amal-jamal","tag-arie-arnon","tag-asad-abukhalil","tag-bashir-saade","tag-dahlia-scheindlin","tag-daniel-seidemann","tag-diana-buttu","tag-ghaith-al-omari","tag-ghassan-andoni","tag-gideon-levy","tag-gilbert-achcar","tag-glen-rangwala","tag-glenn-e-robinson","tag-hagai-el-ad","tag-ido-zelkovitz","tag-jamie-stern-weiner","tag-jamil-hilal","tag-jan-de-jong","tag-jessica-montell","tag-john-dugard","tag-john-j-mearsheimer","tag-khaled-hroub","tag-leila-khaled","tag-lior-lehrs","tag-mark-tessler","tag-mazin-b-qumsiyeh","tag-michael-dumper","tag-michael-sfard","tag-mkhaimar-abusada","tag-moment-of-truth","tag-muhammad-shehada","tag-musa-abuhashhash","tag-nadim-rouhana","tag-nathan-j-brown","tag-nathan-thrall","tag-neve-gordon","tag-nicola-perugini","tag-norman-finkelstein","tag-nur-arafeh","tag-raja-khalidi","tag-raja-shehadeh","tag-rami-khouri","tag-rami-nasrallah","tag-ran-greenstein","tag-richard-falk","tag-robbie-sabel","tag-sam-bahour","tag-sam-in-books","tag-sammy-smooha","tag-sara-roy","tag-sari-bashi","tag-shaul-arieli","tag-shlomo-ben-ami","tag-suhad-bishara","tag-tareq-baconi","tag-usama-antar","tag-wendy-pearlman","tag-william-b-quandt","tag-yoaz-hendel"],"authors":[{"term_id":936,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sambahour","display_name":"Sam Bahour","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bca109c333bf6d8ae807746dd512adde46265d37c923f6cd0fc4aab437f8e9aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"1","first_name":"Sam","last_name":"Bahour","user_url":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour","job_title":"","description":"

Sam Bahour<\/strong> is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of Applied Information Management (AIM)<\/a>, a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.<\/p>\r\n

Bahour played a foundational role in establishing two of Palestine\u2019s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of Just Vision<\/a> and The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine\u2019s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.<\/p>\r\n

A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.<\/p>\r\n

Bahour is the co-editor of Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology Kingdom of Olives and Ash<\/a><\/em>, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled \u201cThe Tallest Man in Ramallah<\/a>.\u201d He holds an Associate\u2019s and Bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA \u2014 a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\r\n

He tweets at @SamBahour<\/a>, blogs at www.epalestine.ps<\/a>, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.<\/p>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3673"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7466,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3673\/revisions\/7466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3673"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=3673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}