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Annapolis Declaration
255
–256
“April 14th letter”
Abdullah and
111
Abrams and
103
Arab League and
110
Arab reactions to
109
–113
Blair and
110
borders of Israel and
108
–109
Burns and
103
Bush's commitments in
107
–109
disengagement and
106
final status negotiations and
107
–109
Hadley and
103
Jordan and
110
–112
Muasher and
110
–112
Mubarak and
111
need for new Palestinian leadership and
106
Obama and
308
Qurie and
109
–110,
112
refugees and
108
Rice and
112
Roadmap and
107
–108
security of Israel and
108
settlements and
107
,
108
–109
Sharon's commitments in
106
–107
terrorism and
108
Tourgeman and
103
Weissglas and
103
,
109
West Bank fence and
107
,
109
Aqaba Summit
71
–76
The Arab Center
(Muasher)
110
–112
Arab Human Development Report
114
Arab League
Annapolis Conference and
253
“April 14th letter” and
110
“Arab Plan” and
29
PLO and
129
“Arab Plan,”
28
–31
“Arab Spring,”
306
–307
“Arabists” in State Department
19
,
43
,
176
Arafat, Moussa
140
,
160
Arafat, Yasser
generally
113
–114,
155
–156,
165
Abbas and
65
,
68
,
79
,
83
,
99
,
101
Abrams and
60
–61
Blair and
43
Burns and
30
Bush and
abandonment of Arafat
43
,
58
,
315
attacks on Arafat in speeches by
34
death of Arafat
119
distrust of Arafat
26
–27
Camp David negotiations and
6
,
120
,
312
Cheney and
27
,
30
–31
Clinton and
4
–5,
34
,
45
,
76
comeback of
84
corruption of
314
–315
death of
119
,
315
Hadley and
43
Hannah and
30
Hizballah and
25
Iran and
25
Israeli attacks on facilities of
24
,
37
Karine A
affair and
25
–27
Libby and
30
marginalization of
52
medical condition of
116
mini-rebellion against
56
–57
Oslo Accords and
314
Palestinian elections and
56
–57
Powell and
6
–7,
9
,
24
,
33
Qurie and
90
,
101
reputation as statesman
24
–25
Riedel and
8
Roadmap and
56
–57
Second Intifada, calling for
5
settlements and
311
Sharon and
24
,
54
–56,
119
siege of headquarters
31
,
82
terrorism, commitment to
101
unwillingness to agree to peace
291
,
292
,
310
,
312
as “victim,”
28
Zinni and
30
–31
Ariel (settlement)
85
,
276
–277,
278
,
280
Armitage, Richard
83
Assad, Bashar
227
,
247
,
248
,
306
–307
Assad, Hafez
21
Ayalon, Ami
84
Ayalon, Danny
generally
215
Bush-Sharon relationship and
11
,
12
Karine A
affair and
25
Lebanon War and
190
Operation Defensive Shield and
31
Rice and
22
,
77
,
200
Roadmap and
50
Sharon's expectations of Bush and
9
,
10
Baker, James
61
,
197
,
308
Ban Ki-moon
241
–242
Bandar (Saudi Prince)
15
,
17
,
69
,
181
,
198
Barak, Ehud
generally
194
,
254
,
291
Bush and
263
,
312
Camp David negotiations and
250
Clinton and
4
defeat of
60
Gaza Strip and
266
–267
Hadley and
266
–267
Palestinian Authority and
266
,
270
Rice and
244
–245,
267
Barghouti, Mustafa
128
,
163
Bassem, Haji
25
Beckett, Margaret
184
Begin, Menachem
101
–102,
307
,
308
Beilin, Yossi
85
,
86
,
142
Ben Gurion, David
137
Bin Laden, Osama
20
Blair, Tony
generally
104
,
119
,
132
–133,
266
,
315
“April 14th letter” and
110
Arafat and
43
Bush and
241
,
274
,
282
–283,
302
,
309
on democratization of Middle East
87
Iraq War's relationship to Middle East situation and
38
,
39
on killing of Yassin
102
Lebanon War and
183
,
184
London Conference and
125
Palestinian Authority and
315
–316
peace process and
57
“Blue curtain,”
127
–128
Bolten, Josh
192
,
199
,
234
,
241
Bombings in Israel
generally
53
–54,
69
–70,
77
,
83
decline in
122
by Fatah
101
,
102
by Hamas
76
–77,
102
,
116
,
146
,
172
by Islamic Jihad
146
,
150
–151
“Park Hotel Massacre,”
30
during Second Intifada
13
,
21
,
22
,
24
,
27
–28,
30
,
37
,
41
Bottom-up negotiations
259
British Broadcasting Corporation
43
Brown, Gordon
300
Brzezinski, Zbigniew
113
,
114
Burns, William J.
generally
126
“April 14th letter” and
103
Arafat and
30
Israeli view of
51
at Red Sea Summits
69
Roadmap and
50
,
51
Saudi Arabia and
15
visits to Israel
83
Bush, George H.W.
16
,
35
,
43
,
61
,
307
,
308
Bush, George W.
Abbas and
generally
121
Annapolis Conference
253
–255,
256
Arafat compared
63
–64
doubts regarding Abbas
124
final status negotiations
271
Hamas participation in Palestinian elections
146
initial conversations with
70
national unity government
206
negotiations
232
–233
on Olmert
285
–286
terrorism
69
,
75
–76
visits to Washington
79
–81,
132
–133
Abdallah and
35
–36,
62
,
63
,
65
,
73
,
169
,
275
,
287
Abrams and
59
,
61
,
202
–203
al-Kibar nuclear reactor and
238
–239,
246
–247
Annapolis Conference and
249
,
253
–255,
256
“April 14th letter”
see
(“April 14th letter”)
Arab world expectations of
8
–9
Arafat and
abandonment of Arafat
43
,
58
,
315
attacks on Arafat in speeches by
34
death of Arafat
119
distrust of Arafat
26
–27
Barak and
263
,
312
Blair and
241
,
274
,
282
–283,
302
,
309
campaign of
4
Clinton and
5
constancy of
64
conventional wisdom and
318
Dahlan and
75
democratization of Middle East and
86
–87,
122
–123
disengagement and
99
–100,
130
–131
Egypt and
306
Europe and
20
evolution of new Middle East policy
44
–45
Fayyad and
275
final status negotiations and
223
,
271
Geneva Initiative and
86
Hadley and
275
Hizballah and
180
Hussein and
57
international conference approach and
232
,
239
–242
Israeli helicopter attacks and
77
Jones Report and
293
–295
killing of Yassin and
103
as lame duck
260
,
279
leadership of
64
Livni and
169
,
262
–263,
274
Mecca Agreement and
219
Merkel and
297
–298
moral claims of Palestinian people and
43
Mubarak and
104
–105
national unity government and
206
need for new Palestinian leadership and
40
,
41
–42,
62
“no daylight” strategy
308
Olmert and
al-Kibar nuclear reactor
246
–247
Annapolis Conference
249
,
255
initial conversations
158
–159
Jones Report
293
–295
Mecca Agreement
219
military aid to Israel
234
Palestinian statehood
233
–234
peace talks
269
personal relationship
225
,
264
–265
on Rice
280
support for
264
Syria
269
,
276
terrorism
268
–269
West Bank offer
292
–293
Operation Defensive Shield and
31
Palestinian elections, and Hamas participation in
146
Palestinian statehood and
16
–17,
42
,
232
,
233
–234,
315
Peres and
262
personal relationships with leaders
309
“Quartet” and
58
Qurie and
121
at Red Sea Summits
71
,
74
,
76
reelection of
116
relations with Israel
309
Rice and
35
,
198
–200,
225
,
226
right of return and
74
–75
Roadmap and
55
,
58
,
81
–83,
87
,
204
–205
Saudi Arabia, relationship with
14
–15
Security Council and
297
settlements and
58
,
311
Shalom and
63
Sharon and
on Abbas
70
“April 14th letter,”
105
characterization of Sharon as “man of peace,”
35
disengagement
99
–100,
130
–131
expectations of
9
–13
meetings with
36
–37
need for new Palestinian leadership
62
personal relationship
11
–12,
154
reaction to break with Arafat
44
at Red Sea Summits
74
,
76
Roadmap
55
,
58
,
81
–83
strokes suffered by Sharon
153
at United Nations
142
speeches regarding Middle East situation
41
–42
speeches to Knesset
273
–274
terrorism and
69
,
75
–76,
268
–269
Tourgeman, and Sharon's perception of
9
–10
at United Nations
142
United Nations speeches
22
,
196
–197,
201
–202,
203
visits to Israel
262
–265
vocabulary of
64

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