Abstract
ABSTRACTThis article records my interview with Professor Ambassador Itamar Rabinovich. We discussed the keys for successful peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians; the differences between Camp David 1978 and Camp David 2000; The Oslo Accords; the role of the United States as a mediator and the potential of other countries to become mediators; the viability of a two-state solution; peace with Syria; Taba; Annapolis; the Israeli evacuation of Gaza, and the rise of Hamas. The interview assesses the positive and negative lessons and implications of the peace process, and the likelihood of bringing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to a close.
Highlights
The United States is a powerful player with leverage and ability to drive the process forward; but successful mediation requires impartiality and credibility
Still senior Israeli and American diplomats continue to think that the role of the United States is irreplaceable
You know, Iran is on the charge; Russia is active in the region; the United States is led by a peculiar president like Trump, whom nobody knows, who you definitely cannot trust
Summary
The United States is a powerful player with leverage and ability to drive the process forward; but successful mediation requires impartiality and credibility. 1. In August 1978, President Jimmy Carter invited Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Anwar Sadat to Camp David to negotiate a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace. Still senior Israeli and American diplomats continue to think that the role of the United States is irreplaceable. Cohen-Almagor: Did Barak and Arafat ever meet at Camp David? The Egyptian-Israeli peace is a trilateral deal, with the United States. The Arab Peace Initiative, initiated by Saudi Arabia, a succinct 7-point proposal to end the Arab– Israeli conflict that was endorsed by the Arab League in 2002 at the Beirut Summit, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1844214.stm. There is no sense of a zero-sum game between Israel and the Arab countries, so they can and need to play a very important role, but not as the mediators.
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