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The Ezra Klein Show
Ezra Klein highlighted that co‑author Hussein Agha had produced a "fantastic" new book, Tomorrow Is Yesterday, which offered an up‑close, personal history of Israeli‑Palestinian negotiations and explained why past peace initiatives repeatedly collapsed. Rob Malley echoed the praise, noting the book’s focus on the repeated cycles of failed talks. The episode presented the work as a crucial insight into the enduring challenges of achieving peace in the region.
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The guests said they had coauthored a new history called *Tomorrow Is Yesterday* that examined why past peace efforts repeatedly failed.
The two of them together have written a fantastic new book called Tomorrow is Yesterday. It is a very upclose and personal history of how these negotiations played out and why they have failed over and over and over again.
We titled the book Tomorrow's Yesterday has in part to do with what you're saying not only there's a big picture but Israel is back of more power and if mowing the lawn isn't enough their own philosophy where you mow the lawn every time a thread appears now you're going to mow everything including dirt and earth you're not going to let anything grow.