Track-two diplomacy toward an Israeli-Palestinian solution, 1978-2014 / Yair Hirschfeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirschfeld, Yair P., 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict--1973-1993--Peace.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Peace.

Peace.

Israel--Politics and government--1967-1993.

Israel.

Politics and government.

Israel--Politics and government--1993-.

West Bank--International status.

West Bank.

Gaza Strip--International status.

Gaza Strip.

Arab-Israeli conflict--Peace.

International law.

Political science.

Physical Description:

xvi, 452 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press, [2014]

Summary:

Track-Two Diplomacy toward an Israeli-Palestinian Solution, 1978-2014 is an important insider account of a crucial set of negotiations aimed at settling a seemingly endless conflict. It brings out many new details of negotiating sessions and internal policy and strategy debates, and it is especially insightful on the thirteen-year process that led to the September 1993 Oslo Accords. That treaty, signed on the White House lawn in the presence of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat, was a landmark occasion, to be followed shortly by the unraveling of the Israeli-Palestinian permanent status negotiations. Hirschfeld's historical narrative focuses on series of negotiations and ongoing efforts under particular Israeli governments. Each chapter concludes with a set of successes, failures, and lessons learned. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Camp David Accords Lay the Foundations for a Two-State Solution, 1978-79 1

2 The First Multitrack Diplomacy Efforts and the Unsuccessful "Jordanian Option," 1978-88 17

3 A Multitrack Approach to Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, 1989-91 55

4 Back-Channel Negotiations in Norway: The Challenges, the Planning, and the Track-Two Efforts of the Oslo Accords, 1993-93 95

5 Preparing for Permanent Status: The First Attempt, 1993-96 143

6 Keeping the Oslo Process on Track: Multitrack Diplomacy during the First Netanyahu Government, May 1996-May 1999 185

7 The March of Folly: Ehud Barak's Attempt to Conclude a Permanent Status Agreement, May 1999-February 2001 221

8 Life after Failure: The ECF in Search of a Strategy, February 2001-February 2003 261

9 Trial and Error in Testing Three Paradigms, January 2003-February 2009 289

10 The Kerry Initiative and Beyond 333.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781421414140

1421414147

OCLC:

863196610