Background
Ziva Flamhaft was born in 1944 in Tel Aviv, Israel. She is the daughter of Zvi Bakman, a printer, and Haya Bakman.
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An in-depth study of the effects of Israel's internal struggles on the Arab-Israeli peace process, this book examines how Israel's leaders and citizens have reacted to the various proposals in the postCamp David era, including the 1982 Reagan plan, the 1988 Shultz initiative, and the 1989 Mubarak and Baker plans. Ziva Flamhaft also analyzes reactions to the signing of the Declaration of Principles in 1993. Focusing on the domestic political scene, she exposes the efforts of the Israeli political right to undermine the peace process and illuminates the dramatic consequences of that processthe reaction of Prime Minister Begin to the Reagan plan, the near collapse of the National Unity Government (NUG) in 1987-88, and the ultimate fall of the NUG in 1990 as a result of the Baker plan.Flamhaft then looks at how the end of the Cold War and the Gulf War helped to encourage negotiations and evaluates why the Likud Party was replaced by Labor in 1992. Finally, Flamhaft demonstrates the futility of third-party mediation when negotiations are rejected domestically and discusses the essential conditions required for effective mediation. An in-depth study of the effects of Israel's internal struggles on the Arab-Israeli peace process, this book examines how Israel's leaders and citizens have reacted to the various proposals in the postCamp David era, including the 1982 Reagan plan, the 1988 Shultz initiative, and the 1989 Mubarak and Baker plans. Ziva Flamhaft also analyzes reactions to the signing of the Declaration of Principles in 1993. Focusing on the domestic political scene, she exposes the efforts of the Israeli political right to undermine the peace process and illuminates the dramatic consequences of that processthe reaction of Prime Minister Begin to the Reagan plan, the near collapse of the National Unity Government (NUG) in 1987-88, and the ultimate fall of the NUG in 1990 as a result of the Baker plan.Flamhaft then looks at how the end of the Cold War and the Gulf War helped to encourage negotiations and evaluates why the Likud Party was replaced by Labor in 1992. Finally, Flamhaft demonstrates the futility of third-party mediation when negotiations are rejected domestically and discusses the essential conditions required for effective mediation.
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1996
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“How can I marry this man?” Ziva Bakman Flamhaft asked herself one day as she walked down a street in Tel Aviv. Her wedding was four weeks away, and her fiancé, Yigal, had just pointed out a woman he had slept with. Flamhaft knew then and there that her marriage would not be easy. But she was still in love with Yigal, so she went ahead with the ceremony. Three years later, the unthinkable happened: her husband passed away from injuries incurred during the brutal Six-Day War. It was such a physical shock to see his horrific burns and to watch him die that Flamhaft miscarried their unborn child. Somehow Flamhaft found the strength to carry on after the dual traumas of losing her husband and baby. Now, in War Widow, she writes about her activism on behalf of other childless widows, life as a widowed woman in Israel, and the many challenges she faced. She also reminisces about growing up in British-controlled Palestine with a severely depressed mother. An inspiring story of resilience and self-empowerment, War Widow movingly demonstrates how it is possible to move forward in the face of tragedy and help others in the process.
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Ziva Flamhaft was born in 1944 in Tel Aviv, Israel. She is the daughter of Zvi Bakman, a printer, and Haya Bakman.
Flamhaft graduated from the City University of New York with bachelor's degree in 1980. She became a Doctor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York 2 years later.
At the beginning of her career, Flamhaft was appointed to the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel to serve as a public relations assistant and office manager in the Department of Special Affairs, she stayed there for 5 years from 1964. From 1969 till 1973 she worked for Israeli government offices in New York City. She worked as an adjunct lecturer at the Hunter College of the City University of New York in 1984. Next year Flamhaft moved to the Queens College of the City University of New York to become an adjunct lecturer, in 1992 she changed her position and became an adjunct assistant professor, she worked there as a substitute instructor during the next 2-year period of time. Finally, from 1996, Flamhaft has worked at the position of an instructor at that educational institution. She spent a year from 1995 in Israel and the Palestinian Authority for her post-Doctorate project, interviewing Israeli and Palestinian women affected by conflict and war. Flamhaft presented her findings in writing and lectures.
In 2011 Flamhaft joined the editorial board of the Women’s Studies Quarterly (WSQ). Currently, she writes a women’s fiction. In her writings, Flamhaft concentrates on the Middle East peace process, diplomacy and conflict resolution, and women's rights as human rights. Her 1996 book Israel on the Road to Peace is an in-depth study of the effects of Israel’s internal struggles on the Arab-Israeli peace process.
During her career, Flamhaft has served as a speaker at colleges and universities, including such as the Columbia University, the Ben Gurion University, the Hofstra University, the Boston University, and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York. She is a guest on television and radio programs. She is also a contributor to the Middle East Review and the Newsday.
(An in-depth study of the effects of Israel's internal str...)
1996(“How can I marry this man?” Ziva Bakman Flamhaft asked he...)
Quotations:
"The primary motivation for my current writing is helping to end the culture of war in the Middle East. Events and personal experiences, rather than individuals, influenced my work. I was a toddler when two of my aunts who survived the Holocaust were smuggled to Palestine and brought to our home. I was not much older when a British soldier pointed his gun at my mother and me for walking on the ‘wrong’ side of the street. I was four when the first Arab-Israeli war broke out and twelve during the Sinai war. I was a teenager when Adolph Eichman was brought to Israel for trial. At twenty-three, the Six-Day war left me a pregnant widow, devastated by the loss of my husband and the end of my pregnancy, which followed. A year later I lobbied for a change in public policy, directing attention to the plight of childless war widows who were overwhelmed by the Israeli government’s decision to terminate monthly pension payments. At twenty-five I began to build a new life in New York City."
"When I start writing I combine all my thoughts, including notes I had collected. I then process the material a number of times, significantly reducing the number of words. My book Israel on the Road to Peace: Accepting the Unacceptable was inspired by my own desire to understand the stalemate in the Arab-Israeli peace process in the post-Camp David period. My book Iron Breaks Too: Israeli Women Talk about War, Bereavement, and Peace was inspired by the moving reaction to my presentation at a conference on women and transformation in the Middle East at Columbia Teachers College following the September, 1993 Oslo accords."
Flamhaft thought she would be an artist, she even sold a few paintings, and she had her own art exhibit in Ramat Gan, Israel, in honor of her first young husband. But life had different plans for her. Nowadays, she intends to return to painting sometime in the future.
Flamhaft married Yigal Goren. Unfortunately, he died in the 1967 Six Day War. Ziva remarried Stephen Flamhaft on December 23, 1971. The couple has a daughter - Odellia.