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This 6 page paper discusses the reasons for the failure of the Israeli-Palestinian summit in 2000. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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that region of the world is an impossible dream. This paper considers the failure of the Israeli-Palestinian summit at Camp David in 2000, and argues that a distorted view of
what actually happened has now gained credence, making it unlikely, it not impossible, that such talks will be held again. Discussion It may be that the 2000 Camp David summit
was the closest well come to peace in the Middle East. The summit was convened at the behest of President Clinton and Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, to "discuss the
final-status issues foreshadowed by the 1993 Oslo Accords" ("Camp David Summit"). It must have seemed like this time, things were in place and were going to go forward to completion.
Unfortunately, the talked ended in failure, and scholars and experts on the Middle East have been trying to find out why ever since. One of the problems is that "no
official records or documents were exchanged," which means that "most public knowledge about the discussions comes from some of the participants and the media" ("Camp David Summit"). This suggests that
we might not be hearing the best possible sources to tell us precisely what went wrong. That the truth of the matter differs greatly from public perception is borne out
in an article by Jeremy Pressman. He says that most people believe that "Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak made a generous offer to the Palestinian negotiators who rejected it without
even putting forth a counterproposal" (Pressman). According to reports, "Barak offered a Palestinian state in the Gaza Strip and more than 90 percent of the West Bank, a Palestinian capital
in East Jerusalem, shared control of the Temple Mount/Noble Sanctuary in Jerusalems Old City, and a commitment to withdraw many Israeli settlements from the West Bank" (Pressman). This sounds like
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