From Camp David to Taba, 2000-01: Narratives, Red Lines, Justice, and Mythology

Books

Abbas, Mahmud (Abu Mazen). Through Secret Channels: The Road to Oslo. Reading: Garnet Publishing, 1997.

Agha, Hussein, et al. Track-II Diplomacy: Lessons from the Middle East. Boston: The MIT Press, 2004.

Albright, Madeleine. Madam Secretary: A Memoir. New York: Miramax Books, 2005

Ben-Ami, Shlomo. Scars of War, Wounds of Peace : The Israeli-Arab Tragedy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Clinton, Bill. My Life. New York: Random House, 2005.

Ghanem, As'ad. The Palestinian Regime: A "Partial Democracy". Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2001.

Halliday, Fred. The Middle East in International Relations: Power, Politics and Ideology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Hanieh, Akram. The Camp David Papers. Al-Ayyam, 2000.

Maddy-Weitzman, Bruce, and Shimon Shamir (eds.) The Camp David Summit - What Went Wrong? Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2005.

Morris, Benny. Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881 – 2001. New York: Random House, 2001.

Rabinovich, Itmar. Waging Peace: Israel and the Arabs 1948-2003 Updated and Revised. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2004.

Ross, Dennis. The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004.

Savir, Uri. The Process: 1,100 Days that Changed the Middle East. New York: Random House, 1998.

Shlaim, Avi. The Iron Wall : Israel and the Arab World. New York: W.W. Norton, 2001.

Sher, Gilead. The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, 1999-2001: Within Reach. New York: Routledge, 2005.

 

Published Interviews

Albright, Madeleine. Interview By Jim Lehrer of “The Lehrer News Hour”. Washington, DC, 9 January 2001, official transcript available at: http://secretary.state.gov/www/statements/2001/010109b.html accessed on 23 November 2005.

---. Interview on CNN’s “Late Edition” by Wolf Blitzer. Washington, DC, 7 January 2001, official transcript available at: http://secretary.state.gov/www/statements/2001/010107.html accessed on 23 November 2005.

Ben-Ami, Shlomo. “Camp David Diaries.” Ma’ariv, 6 April 2001, available at: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/benamidiary.html accessed on 21 November 2005, (Personal Diary and Interview with Shlomo Ben-Ami).

Berger, Samuel. Interview with Charlie Rose on the Middle East Peace Talks. 27 July 2000, official transcript available at: http://www.state.gov/www/regions/nea/000727_berger_rose.html accessed on 23 November 2005.

Clinton, Bill. Interview of the President by Israeli Television. The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, 27 July 2000, official transcript available at: http://www.state.gov/www/regions/nea/000727_clinton_tv.html accessed on 23 November 2005.

Morris, Benny. “Camp David and After: An Exchange.” The New York Review of Books. 49/10 (13 June 2002), available at: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/15501 accessed on 21 November 2005, (Interview with Ehud Barak).

“One stage in a troubled process: An Interview with Hanan Ashrawi.” bitterlemons.org 28 July 2003, available at: http://www.bitterlemons.org/previous/bl280703ed28.html accessed on 19 November 2005.

“Q&A with former prime minister Ehud Barak.” Ha’aretz Online 19 July 2005, available at: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/QA.jhtml?qaNo=104 accessed on 27 November 2005.

The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. PBS News. 17 July 2000. “Interview with Rashid Khalidi, David Makovsky, Ehud Sprinzak, and Mohammed Wahby.” Path to Peace, transcript available at: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec00/peace_7-17.html accessed 18 November 2005.

The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. PBS News. 25 July 2000

• “Israel’s Take on the Talks: Interview with Oded Eran.” Troubled Path to Peace, transcript available at: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec00/israeli_7-25.html# accessed 18 November 2005.

• “Interview with Madeleine Albright.” Troubled Path to Peace, transcript available at: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec00/albright_7-25.html accessed 18 November 2005.

• “Palestinian’s React: Interview with Saeb Erakat.” Troubled Path to Peace, transcript available at: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec00/palestinian_7-25.html accessed 18 November 2005.

The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. PBS News. 25 October 2000. “The Middle East at the Brink of the Abyss: Interview with Samuel Lewis.” Troubled Land, transcript available at: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec00/lewis_10-25.html# accessed 18 November 2005.

The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. PBS News. 31 October 2000 “Interview with Hanan Ashwari.” Troubled Land, transcript available at: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec00/ashrawi_10-31.html accessed 18 November 2005.

The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. PBS News. 1 November 2000 “Interview with Shlomo Ben-Ami.” Troubled Land, transcript available at: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec00/land.html accessed 18 November 2005.

The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. PBS News. 20 February 2001 “Interview with Nabil Sha’ath.” Newsmaker, transcript available at: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june01/shaath_2-20.html# accessed 18 November 2005.

The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. PBS News. 16 October 2001 “Interview with Dennis Ross.” Summing Up, transcript available at: http://www.middleeast.org/print.cgi?category=Magazine&year=2001&month=1&num=27 accessed 18 November 2005.

Shavit, Ari. “End of a Journey.” Haaretz Magazine, 14 September 2001, available at: http://www.occupationalhazard.org/article.php?IDD=514 accessed on 19 November 2005, (Interview with Shlomo Ben-Ami).

Walsh, Elsa. “The Prince: How the Saudi Ambassador became Washington’s indespensable operator.” The New Yorker. 24 March 2003 (Interview with Prince Bandar bin Sultan), available at: http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/030324fa_fact2 accessed on 3 December 2005.

Wright, Robin. “Veteran Interpreter Has Been at Center of Mideast Talks.” Washington Post 26 July 2005: A17 (Interview with Gamal Helal).

Zacharia, Janine. “Ross to ‘Post’: Palestinians Missed History Opportunity.” Jerusalem Post. 19 January 2001 (Interview with Dennis Ross), available at: http://www.middleeast.org/print.cgi?category=Magazine&year=2001&month=1&num=27 accessed on 23 November 2005.

 

Articles and Lectures

Agha, Hussein, and Robert Malley. “A solution is possible now.” The Guardian, 29 March 2002, available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,675784,00.html accessed on 19 November 2005.

Carmon, Yigal, and Aluma Solnik. “Camp David and the Prospects for a Final Settlement, Part I: Israeli, Palestinian, and American Positions Unveiled.” Middle East Media Research Institute: Inquiry and Analysis Series – No. 35. 4 August 2000, available at: http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA3500 accessed on 21 November 2005.

---. “Camp David and the Prospects for a Final Settlement, Part II: Reactions and Implications.” Middle East Media Research Institute: Inquiry and Analysis Series – No. 36. 7 August 2000, available at: http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA3600 accessed on 21 November 2005.

“East Jerusalem and the Holy Places at the Camp David Summit.” Middle East Media Research Institute: Special Dispatch Series – No. 121. 28 August 2000, available at: http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects& Area=middleeast&ID=SP12100 accessed on 19 November 2005.

Eldar, Akiva. “The Peace that nearly was at Taba.” Ha’aretz Daily 14 February 2002, available at: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=130128 accessed on 19 November 2005

“Erekat: Worse to come if Sharon wins.” Jordan Times. 18 January 2001, available at: http://www.acj.org/Jan_18.htm#6 accessed on 23 November 2005.

Miller, Aaron David. “The Pursuit of Arab-Israeli Peace 1993-2000: Where did the U.S. Go Wrong?” Lecture at Tel Aviv University, 03 May 2004.

Pundak, Ron. “Camp David II: Israel’s Misconceived Approach.” Lecture at the Camp David Seminar at Tel Aviv University, June 2003, available at: http://www.peres-center.org/media/Upload/229.pdf accessed on 21 November 2005.

Riedel, Bruce. “Camp David Two Years Later: The US-Israeli Bargain.” bitterlemons.org 15 July 2002, available at: http://www.bitterlemons.org/previous/bl150702ed26.html accessed on 21 November 2005.

Ross, Dennis, Margaret Warner & Jim Hoagland. “From Oslo to Camp David to Taba: Setting the Record Straight (full transcript).” Question and Answer Session at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 8 August 2001, available at http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC07.php?CID=172 accessed on 20 November 2005.

Said, Edward. “The Only Alternative.” Al-Ahram Weekly Online. Issue No. 523, 1-7 March 2001, available at: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2001/523/op2.htm accessed 23 November 2005.

---. “The Price of Camp David.” Al-Ahram Weekly Online. Issue No. 543, 19-25 July 2001, available at: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2001/543/op1.htm accessed 23 November 2005.

---. “Trying Again and Again.” Al-Ahram. 17 January 2001, available at: http://www.acj.org/Jan_18.htm#6 accessed on 23 November 2005.

---. “What Price Oslo?” Al-Ahram. 24-30 March 2002.

Sayigh, Yezid. “Breaking the Middle East Stalemate.” Lecture at University of Utah, 28 March 2002, available at: http://mec.utah.edu/lectures/2002%20lecture%20pages/sayigh.pdf accessed on 17 November 2005.

Sher, Gilead. “An Israeli View: Essential lessons from the Camp David summit.” bitterlemons.org 28 July 2003, available at: http://www.bitterlemons.org/previous/bl280703ed28.html accessed on 19 November 2005.

---. “An Israeli View: Comments on the negotiating strategies of Israel and the Palestinians.” bitterlemons.org 17 June 2002, available at: http://www.bitterlemons.org/previous/bl170602ed22.html accessed on 18 November 2005.

Sternhell, Ze’ev. “Barak’s Three Noes.” Haaretz Daily 15 December 2000, available at: http://64.226.129.19/pmw/manager/features/display_message.asp?mid=157 accessed on 19 November 2005.

 

Journal Articles

Agha, Hussein & Robert Malley. “Camp David: The Tragedy of Errors.” The New York Review of Books. 48/13 (9 August 2001), available at: http://nybooks.com/articles/14380 accessed on 18 November 2005.

---. “Camp David and After: An Exchange (2. A Reply to Ehud Barak).” The New York Review of Books. 49/10 (13 June 2002), available at: http://nybooks.com/articles/15502 accessed on 18 November 2005.

Hanieh, Akram. “The Camp David Papers.” Journal of Palestinian Studies. 30/2 (Winter 2001), pp. 75-97.

Horowitz, Uri, “Camp David 2 and President Clinton’s Bridging Proposals – The Palestinian View.” Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies: Strategic Assessment, 3/4 (January 2001), available at: http://www.tau.ac.il/jcss/sa/v3n4p5.html accessed on 21 November 2005.

Khalidi, Rashid. “The Centrality of Jerusalem to an End of Conflict Agreement.” Journal of Palestinian Studies. 30/3 (Spring 2001), pp. 82-87.

Morris, Benny. “Camp David and After: An Exchange (1. Interview with Ehud Barak).” The New York Review of Books. 49/10 (13 June 2002), available at: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/15501 accessed on 21 November 2005.

Pressman, Jeremy. “Visions in Collision: What Happened at Camp David and Taba?” International Security. 28/2 (Fall 2003), pp. 5-43.

Pundak, Ron. “From Oslo to Taba: What Went Wrong?” Survival. 43/3 (Autumn 2001), pp. 31-45.

Ross, Dennis & Gidi Grinstein, reply by Hussein Agha & Robert Malley. “Camp David: An Exchange.” The New York Review of Books, 48/14 (20 September 2001), available at: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/14529 accessed on 21 November 2005.

Sayigh, Yezid. “Arafat and the Anatomy of a Revolt.” Survival. 43/3 (Autumn 2001), pp. 47-60.

Sher, Gilead. “The Brink of Peace? An Inside Look from Camp David to Taba.” Washington Institute for Near East Policy: PolicyWatch #318. (18 April 2001), available at: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/ templateC05.php?CID=2009 accessed on 20 November 2005.

 

Government Statements and Documents

Abbas, Mahmud (Abu Mazen), Report on the Camp David Summit, Gaza, 9 September 2000. Quoted in: Journal of Palestinian Studies. 30/2 (Winter 2001), pp.168-170.

Albright, Madeleine. Press Briefing aboard plane en route Washington, D.C. from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 18 October 2000, official transcript available at: http://secretary.state.gov/www/statements/2000/001018.html accessed on 23 November 2005.

Albright, Madeleine. Statement on meeting with Prime Minister Barak and Chairman Arafat. Paris, France, 2 October 2000, official statement available at: http://secretary.state.gov/www/statements/2000/001002b.html accessed on 23 November 2005.

Barak, Ehud. Statement by Prime Minister Ehud Barak prior to his Departure for the Camp Davit Summit. 10 July 2000, official statement available at: http://www.israel.org/MFA/Government/Speeches%20by%20Israeli%20leaders/

2000/Statement%20by%20PM%20Barak%20prior%20to%20Departure%20for%20the%20C accessed on 23 November 2005.

---. Statement by Prime Minister Barak at Press Conference upon Conclusion of Camp David Summit. 25 July 2000, official statement available at: http://www.israel.org/MFA/Government/Speeches%20by%20Israeli%20leaders/2000

/Statement%20by%20PM%20Barak%20on%20Conclusion%20of%20the%20Camp%20Da accessed on 23 November 2005.

Boucher, Richard. U.S. State Department Statement on Secretary Albright’s Meeting with Prime Minister Barak. Jerusalem, 27 June 2000, official statement available at: http://secretary.state.gov/www/travels/2000/ 000627_boucher.html accessed on 23 November 2005.

---. U.S. State Department Daily Press Briefing. 19 January 2001, official transcript available at: http://secretary.state.gov/www/briefings/0101/010119db.html accessed on 23 November 2005.

---. U.S. State Department Daily Press Briefing. 22 January 2001, official transcript available at: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2001/10.htm accessed 23 November 2005.

“Camp David Frequently Asked Questions.” Palestinian National Authority Official Website. available at: http://www.pna.gov.ps/Peace_Process/Peace_files/campDavid_FAQ.asp accessed on 19 November 2005

Clinton, Bill. Statement by President Clinton. 5 July 2000, official transcript available at: http://www.state.gov/www/regions/nea/cdavid_summit.html accessed on 23 November 2005.

Clinton, Bill, Ehud Barak & Yasir Arafat. Trilateral Statement on the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David. 25 July 2000, official statement available at: http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/22698.htm accessed on 23 November 2005.

Clinton, Bill. Statement and Press Briefing on the Middle East Peace Talks at Camp David. Washington, D.C. 25 July 2000, official statement and transcript available at: http://www.state.gov/www/regions/nea/000725_ clinton_stmt.html accessed on 23 November 2005.

Clinton, Bill, and Hosni Mubarak. Remarks by the President and President Hosni Mubarakof Egypt in Delivery of Joint Statements at the Conclusion of the Middle East Peace Summit. Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 17 October 2000, official statement available at: http://secretary.state.gov/www/travels/2000/001017_clinton_mepp.html accessed on 23 November 2005.

Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Frequently Asked Questions About Israel. Jerusalem, August 2001

---. Frequently Asked Questions: Palestinian Violence and Terrorism. Jerusalem, January 2002.

Israeli-Palestinian Joint Statement, 27 January 2001, official statement available at: http://www.israel.org/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/1/Israeli-Palestinian+Joint

+Statement+-+27-Jan-2001.htm accessed 23 November 2005.

“Israel Proposal: Essentials of the Camp David II Proposals by Israel July 11-24, 2000.” Palestinian National Authority Official Website. available at: http://www.pna.gov.ps/key_decuments/proposal_israel.asp accessed on 23 November 2005.

Migdalovitz, Carole. Congression Research Service Report: The Middle East Peace Talks. 3 August 2003, available at: http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/c10031.htm accessed on 23 November 2005.

Moratinos, Miguel. “European Union’s Account of the Taba Talks prepared by EU envoy.” Palestinian National Authority Official Website. available at: http://www.pna.gov.ps/key_decuments/Moratinos_Document_for_Taba_Negotiation.asp accessed on 23 November 2005.

“The Palestinian and Israel Refugee Proposals.” Palestinian National Authority Official Website. 22 January 2001, available at: http://www.pna.gov.ps/key_decuments/proposal_refugees.asp accessed on 23 November 2005.

PLO Negotiating Team, Assessment of the Clinton Administration’s Involvement in the Palestinian-Israeli Peace Process, Ramallah and Gaza, 22 January 2001. Quoted in: Journal of Palestinian Studies. 30/3 (Spring 2001), pp.159-161.

PLO Negotiating Team, Reservations concerning President Bill Clinton’s 23 December Proposals for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement, Ramallah and Gaza, 1 January 2001. Quoted in: Journal of Palestinian Studies. 30/3 (Spring 2001), pp.155-159.

Sharm el-Sheikh Agreement, 5 September 1999.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 242.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 338.

United States Department of State, Sharm El-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee Report, 30 April 2001, available at: http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/rpt/3060.htm accessed on 23 November 2005.

Walker, Edward. Press Conference, Middle East Summit at Camp David. Cairo, Egypt, 31 July 2000, official transcript available at: http://www.state.gov/www/policy_remarks/2000/000731_walker_egypt.html accessed on 23 November 2005.

Wye River Memorandum, 23 October 1998.