We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land

We Can Have Peace In The Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work^[1] is a New York Times Best Seller book by Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) and winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize. It was published by Simon & Schuster in February 2009. It came as a sequel to his 2006 book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid believing that U.S president Barack Obama said he will make a personal effort for Middle East Peace from the beginning of his administration.

We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work

Author	Jimmy Carter
Cover artist	Michael Accordino
Language	English
Subject	Political Science
Genre	Nonfiction
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Publication date	February 9, 2010
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback) AudioBook (Audio CD)
Pages	256
ISBN	978-1-4391-4069-7
OCLC	264039129
LC Class	DS119.76.C354
Preceded by	Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid

While President, Carter hosted talks between Menachem Begin of Israel and Anwar Sadat of Egypt that led to the Israel–Egypt Peace Treaty. In this book Carter argues that Israel's continued control of Palestinian land has been the primary obstacle to a comprehensive peace agreement in the Middle East.

Table of contents

• Introduction: Storm Over a Book

1. From Abraham's Journeys to the Six-Day War
2. My Early Involvement with Israel
3. Peace at Camp David
4. Reagan, Bush I, and Clinton, 1981–2000
5. The Early Bush II Years, 2001–2005
6. Withdrawal from Gaza and Its Aftermath
7. Spasmodic Peace Efforts, Long Overdue
8. How Close Is Israel to Its Major Goals?
9. A Search for Information
10. Can Hamas Play a Positive Role?
11. Assessment of the Region
12. Challenges to Israelis and Palestinians
13. An Agenda for Peace