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Camp David Accords (1978)
16
,
158
Camp David negotiations (2000)
generally
43
Arafat and
6
,
120
,
312
Barak and
250
borders and
108
–109
Clinton and
4
–5,
150
collapse of
44
–45,
315
Palestinian statehood and
16
State Department and
195
Cantor, Eric
224
–225
Carter, Jimmy
16
,
85
,
307
,
308
Cheney, Dick
Abrams and
59
al-Kibar nuclear reactor and
227
,
236
,
237
Arab world expectations of
9
Arafat and
27
,
30
–31
Clinton and
5
foreign policy and
198
–199,
200
Karine A
affair and
26
need for new Palestinian leadership and
41
Olmert and
235
Palestinian statehood and
16
–17
peace talks and
38
Powell and
34
Rice and
283
Sharon and
131
Chirac, Jacques
110
,
206
,
309
Christian Science Monitor,
56
Clinton, Bill
generally
104
,
155
,
201
,
213
,
238
,
291
approaches to peace-making
43
Arafat and
4
–5,
34
,
45
,
76
Barak and
4
Bush and
5
Camp David negotiations and
4
–5,
150
Cheney and
5
diplomatic activity of
241
errors made by
255
failure of Middle East talks under
4
–5
military aid to Israel
234
Palestinian statehood and
16
,
315
Powell and
5
relations with Israel
307
,
309
Clinton, Hillary
306
Cohen, Eliot
190
–191,
192
,
195
,
299
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
232
,
308
Connor, Bull
245
Consensus
304
Convergence (
hitkansut
) policy
171
–174
Cunningham, Jim
287
Dagan, Meir
227
,
236
,
246
–247
Dahlan, Mohammed
generally
140
,
244
Bush and
75
Fatah and
115
Hamas and
115
Hamas takeover of Gaza Strip and
228
,
229
Palestinian Authority and
77
,
115
,
135
–136,
137
Palestinian elections and
132
–136,
151
,
152
,
159
terrorism and
78
,
83
weakness of
160
Wolf and
77
,
83
D'Alema, Massimo
184
Danin, Rob
117
,
151
–152
Dayton, Keith
214
,
228
–229,
231
,
241
,
249
,
259
–260,
266
de Gucht, Karel
308
de Soto, Alvaro
134
–135,
144
,
167
,
226
Defense Department
political appointees
versus
career personnel in
304
–306
Presidential control of decision making, importance of
304
–306
DeLay, Tom
133
Demographics
92
Disengagement
Abbas and
135
“April 14th letter” and
106
Bush and
99
–100,
130
–131
doomed to failure
159
–161
evolution of
87
–93
Giladi and
91
,
120
,
154
Hamas takeover of Gaza Strip and
231
–232
IDF and
93
,
135
,
139
,
230
,
231
–232
implementation of
139
Israeli approval of
112
–113,
125
Kaplinsky and
89
,
154
Meridor and
100
–101,
121
“Quartet” and
134
–135,
142
–143
Rice and
100
,
135
,
136
–137,
154
Sharon and
89
,
93
,
94
,
98
–100,
130
–131,
136
–137
State Department and
99
strengthening of Hamas during
159
–161
Tourgeman and
89
–90
Weissglas and
89
,
90
,
92
–93,
136
,
154
–155,
160
West Bank, coupling with
100
Diskin, Yuval
269
–270
Document of National Accord
176
Dulles, John Foster
237
Edelman, Eric
30
,
49
Egypt
Bush and
306
Gaza Strip and
103
,
297
Obama and
306
–307
el-Baradei, Mohammed
237
Elections
see also
specific election or person
Palestinian elections
see
(Palestinian elections)
Erekat, Saeb
generally
110
,
287
,
292
Jerusalem, and status of
272
Livni and
258
,
276
,
291
Olmert and
286
,
289
–290
Powell and
56
Rice and
267
West Bank and
288
,
290
–291
European Union in “Quartet.”
see
“Quartet”
Evolution of new Middle East policy
44
–45
Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family
(Rice)
245
Faris, Qaddurah
85
Fatah
Abbas and
121
,
122
,
270
bombings in Israel by
101
,
102
corruption in
164
–165
Dahlan and
115
democracy and
316
difficulty in reforming
128
Document of National Accord and
176
Fayyad and
316
Karine A
affair and
25
military strength of
77
national unity government with Hamas
206
overview
129
Palestinian Authority and
270
Palestinian elections and
defeat in
163
,
164
–166
participation in
126
,
127
,
131
reasons for defeat in
164
–166
polls regarding
152
Qurie and
270
rationale for saving
128
–129
secular nature of
165
tension with Hamas
128
truce with Hamas
125
–126
war with Hamas
140
,
176
–177,
206
–207,
209
–210,
212
,
226
–227
Fayyad, Salam
generally
209
,
244
Annapolis Conference and
249
appointment of
38
Bush and
275
commitment to reform
124
,
129
economic situation of Palestinian Authority and
170
,
272
–273,
278
–279
Fatah and
316
financial support to
133
Hamas takeover of Gaza Strip and
228
moderation of
315
Palestinian elections and
163
state-building and
316
US support for
80
,
128
,
239
,
259
,
276
,
282
,
309
,
310
West Bank and
265
,
266
,
267
Feith, Douglas
19
–20,
38
–39,
40
–41,
49
Feltman, Jeffrey
84
Final status negotiations
Abbas and
68
,
121
,
216
–217,
234
,
250
,
267
,
270
,
271
–272,
277
–278,
279
–280
Abrams and
117
,
213
–214,
216
,
317
Annapolis Conference and
251
,
255
–256,
259
–260
“April 14th letter” and
107
–109
Bush and
223
,
271
Giladi and
91
Hadley and
67
Jerusalem, status of and
312
–313
Jordan, role of
317
–318
Olmert and
222
–223,
233
,
234
,
270
Palestinian Authority and
317
–318
PLO and
317
–318
Rice and
209
,
212
–213,
215
,
216
–217,
267
,
271
–272,
277
–278,
279
–280
Tourgeman and
216
Turbowitz and
216
Welch and
216
,
223
–224
Fischer, Joschka
21
,
33
,
113
The Forward
(Jewish newspaper)
224
Fractured Palestinian leadership
129
France at Security Council
299
,
302
Fraser, William M.
259
–260
Friedman, Thomas
28
–29,
30
Gates, Robert
236
,
237
,
238
Gaza Strip
Abbas and
266
,
270
–271,
272
Abdallah and
217
,
242
Agreement on Movement and Access
148
–151
attacks on Israel from
265
,
266
,
267
,
269
,
287
,
295
Barak and
266
–267
chaos in
139
–140
crossing to and from
148
–151
disengagement
see
(Disengagement)
Egypt and
103
,
297
greenhouses in
134
,
135
,
140
Hamas rule in
315
,
317
Hamas takeover of
228
–232
IDF in
77
,
92
,
100
,
106
Iran and
228
Israeli attacks in
226
–227,
266
,
267
,
269
,
295
Israeli withdrawals from
79
military difficulties in occupying
92
,
93
Olmert and
266
,
270
–271,
272
Operation Autumn Clouds
207
Operation Cast Lead
295
Palestinian Authority and
159
–161
Rice and
272
security forces in
77
Tourgeman and
287
truce in
78
,
278
US position on Israeli withdrawal from
44
G8 (Sea Island) summit
113
–114
Geneva Initiative
85
–86,
272
Genger, Arie
10
,
22
,
77
Germany and peace talks
33
Gerson, Michael
11
,
38
Gilad, Amos
135
,
298
Giladi, Eival
91
,
120
,
154
,
172
–173,
190
Givat Ze'ev (settlement)
276
–277,
278
Goldstone Report
311
Gulf Cooperation Council
215

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