Thrall, Nathan (2017) The Only Language They Understand: Forcing Compromise in Israel and Palestine (New York: Metropolitan Books). xþ 224 pages. Notes to p. 307; Acknowledgments to p. 312; Index to p. 323. Hardcover, $15.40. For Nathan Thrall, the only language Israelis and Palestinians understand is force— including but not limited to violence. He writes this concise but compelling argument as a senior analyst with the International Crisis Group. Thrall methodologically goes through case after case, most notably the largest concessions from each side, from Israeli territorial withdrawals to the Palestinian acceptance for the two-state solution, and demonstrates that it was force and coercion, not talks and financial rewards, that led to these concessions. The book’s insights need to be read by all international diplomats and mediators who focus on the conflict, especially Americans and Europeans. The author is brutally critical of former US President Barack Obama, whose distinguishing feature in the conflict, according to Thrall, was that, unlike his recent predecessors, he did not have a single achievement to his name.

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