From Apartheid to Democracy
A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine
$35.75
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
22 November 2025
Summary
A decisive break from the failed Oslo Accords and an innovative plan to create the foundations for peace and self-determination in Israel-Palestine.
For more than three decades, the illusion of a two-state solution under the auspices of the Oslo Accords has allowed Israel to maintain a one-state reality of permanent occupation and apartheid.
Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man and Sarah Leah Whitson challenge this approach, presenting a road map to end these crimes and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520402003 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0520402006 |
| Author: | Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man, Sarah Leah Whitson |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 22 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 428g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
Critics Review
“Published just days before the ceasefire deal was reached, the book describes in granular detail the conditions for dismantling apartheid in Israel-Palestine.”
* Guardian *“In their new book, Dawn’s Sarah Leah Whitson and Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man lay out a blueprint to end the occupation and transform an undemocratic one-state reality into a democratic one.”
* Zeteo *“This is no mere flight of fancy … Thinking about how this might all end realistically strikes a rare note of hope not found elsewhere in recent literature on Palestine. It starts from material reality, rather than outrage and indignity against Israeli crimes. If, one day, Israel comes to its senses, a Blueprint is ready to guide the transition.”
* Morning Star *“It is refreshing and warranted for the authors to passionately remind their colleagues and world leaders not to be bystanders of history. Forward-thinking, detailed plans that dare to bypass the ingrained myopia and seek to manifest a better reality are probably the best hope for Palestinians and Israelis.”
* Washington Report on Middle East Affairs *”[The Blueprint] rightly rearranges the international community’s responsibilities to end Israel’s crimes first, then address national status issues. Progress is at the intersection of preparation and opportunity – with this Blueprint, we are now prepared.”
* Bidil *“As Omer-Man and Whitson themselves concede, it will require considerable international pressure, particularly on Israel, to elicit the kinds of concessions they advocate. Their proposals for security sector reform seem implausibly ambitious, but they defend these suggestions with a bracing mix of optimism and sobriety—and they reject the notion that the only options are to prolong failure or await tragedy.”
* Foreign Affairs *“Offers a refreshing and compelling alternative for academics and practitioners alike. This is not a work of naive optimists; the authors … offer a deeply knowledgeable discussion of the conflict that is also fully clear-eyed about the challenges of their proposal. They acknowledge its (many) obstacles, but make a rigorous case for a new way of thinking about what ’resolution’ might look like.”
* H-Net *Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man is Israel-Palestine Director at DAWN and former Editor in Chief of +972 Magazine.
Sarah Leah Whitson is Executive Director of DAWN and former Executive Director of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa Division.
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