This book narrates the political developments in Israel/Palestine since the ascent to power of Yitzhak Rabin in 1992 through to the present. It includes the developments of the peace process and conflict with Hezbollah and Hamas, and how hopes for a settlement have been dashed by the ongoing violence.

Lev Luis Grinberg is Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ben Gurion University, Israel. A political economist and sociologist, he is the founder of the Conscience Objectors movement Yesh Gvul and an advisor of Histadrut Union reforms.

1. Introduction. Part 1: Theoretical and Historical Background 2. The Dynamics of Political Space 3. Historical Background: The Israeli-Palestinian Imbroglio and the Road to Oslo Part 2: Peace Negotiations: Between Democratization and Decolonization 4. Peace without Borders? The 'Tactical Failure' of Oslo 5. From Gaza to Beit Lid: The Strategic Trap 6. Rabin's Assassination: The Fall of a Charismatic Movement Part 3: The Imagined Peace: The Illusion and its Shattering 1996-2000 7. Redesigning Israeli Political Space: The Rise of Post-Conflict Agendas 8. Abandoning Oslo and Reviving National Unity Part 4: The Military Occupation of Politics 9. Repressing Intifada II: Attoning for Leaving Lebanon 10. The Unilateral Strategy: Separation Walls, Disengagement, Elections and War 11. No Paradise Now