Camp David Summit – What Went Wrong? – Americans, Israelis, and Palestinians Analyze the Failure of the Boldest

The Camp David Summit of 2000 was a formative event in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian relations. It was the most comprehensive effort ever to resolve a hundred-year conflict. Yet it not only ended in failure but was immediately followed by the eruption of unprecedented violence. This book brings together American, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators who participated in the summit-as well as experts who prepared the material for the negotiators, and academics who specialize in the methodology of peace negotiations-to confront the different versions of what happened at Camp David. With a message from President Bill Clinton and chapters by Shimon Shamir, Itamar Rabinovich, Sari Nusseibeh and Martin Indyk, the subjects examined include: Israeli negotiators, Palestinian perspectives, American participants, the Barak version and its critics, the negotiation experts, academic perspectives, and the Clinton parameters. The volume concludes with a political debate on the way forward. The Camp David Summit-What Went Wrong?is essential reading for all those interested in Israeli-Arab relations, the Middle East, international diplomacy, and conflict resolution.