Part Part l Background -- chapter 1 First Contact with the Territories -- chapter 2 Shaping the Israeli Policy in the Territories -- chapter 3 Organizing the Military Administration -- part Part 2 The Ministers of Defense and their Policies: A Historic Chronology -- chapter 4 Introduction -- chapter 5 Moshe Dayan -- chapter 6 Shimon Peres -- chapter 7 Ezer Weizman -- chapter 8 Menachem Begin -- chapter 9 Ariel Sharon -- chapter 10 Moshe Arens -- chapter 11 Yitzhak Rabin -- part Part 3 The Issues -- chapter 12 The Political Future of the Territories -- chapter 13 Israel's Administrative Policy -- chapter 14 Municipal Elections in 1972 and 1976 -- chapter 15 Attempts to Establish Palestinian Self-Rule in the Territories -- chapter 16 The Evolution of Israel's Settlement Policy -- part Part 4 Lessons Learnt from the Intifada -- chapter 17 A New Reality -- chapter 18 Israel's Policy in the Territories: A Summary
Summary
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 30 years. The ""fools"" in the book's title refers not only to the Arabs who rejected Israeli peace offers but to the Israelis themselves
