Trapped Fools: Thirty Years of Israeli Policy in the Territories

Based upon the author's own experiences, this study explores the Israeli government's attitude to the West Bank and Gaza over a period of thirty years.

Author: Shlomo Gazit
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 04/01/2003
Pages: 398
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.28w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780714683904

About the Author

Major General Shlomo Gazit, previously Weinstein, born to a family of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants in Israel was an officer in the Israel Defense Forces and head of Aman from 1974 to 1978. He served as the head of assessment in IDF intelligence before the Six Day War. Gazit's studies were interrupted in the summer of 1967, when he was appointed by Defense Minister Moshe Dayan to be in charge of a committee tasked with running the political, security, and later economic affairs in the newly captured territories. This group would be renamed "The Unit for the Coordination of Operations in the Territories". After seven years, Gazit was promoted to head of Aman, which he held for four years.