Great overview with a powerful "J'accuse" towards the US and Israel but also a sobre critique of the deficient Palestinian leadership. Shaped by the author's status and position within the international diplomatic elite, which sometimes spends too much time on the role of individuals. While not oblivious to structural and sociological factors, this is in large parts a history of diplomacy and high-level geopolitics, where class and imperial structure sometimes are treated as more of an addendum. Nonetheless, the author's immediate participation and contact to the decisive events of the timeline of the occupation provides for illustrative and engaging reading.