Munaẓẓamat at-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīnīya - The truth about Camp David: the untold story about the collapse of the Middle East peace process

THE TRUTH ABOUT CAMP DAVID: THE UNTOLD STORY

ABOUT THE COLLAPSE OF THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS

Copyright 2004 by Clayton E. Swisher

Maps courtesy of Jan de Jong.

Photographs of Stockholm courtesy of Gidi Grinstein.

White House photographs from Camp David courtesy of Clinton Presidential Materials Project.

Remaining photographs courtesy of the author.

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Dedicated to the valiant American troops, diplomats, and operators in the Middle East, who continue to pay the consequences for Washingtons misguided policy in the region.

Contents

THE UNITED STATES

Madeleine K. Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State

John Podesta, former Chief of Staff to the President

Maria Echaveste, former Deputy Chief of Staff to the President

Joe Lockhart, former White House Press Secretary

Bruce Riedel, former Senior Director for the Near East, National Security Council

Robert Malley, former Adviser for Arab-Israeli Affairs, National Security Council

Dennis Ross, former Special Middle East Envoy, State Department

Martin Indyk, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, State Department

Ned Walker, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, State Department

Toni Verstandig, former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern Affairs, State Department

Aaron Miller, former Deputy Special Middle East Envoy, State Department

Jonathan Schwartz, Deputy Legal Adviser, State Department

Gemal Helal, Senior Adviser and Translator for the President, State Department

Melissa Boyle Mahle, Senior Field Operative to Israel/Palestine, Central Intelligence Agency

Unnamed senior intelligence officers and unattributed officials

ISRAEL

Gilead Sher, former Chairman of the negotiating team (Palestinian Track)

Uri Sagi, retired General and former Chairman of the negotiating team (Syrian Track)

Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, retired IDF Chief of Staff and former Minister of Transportation

Dan Meridor, former Finance Minister and Ambassador-at-Large

Natan Sharansky, former Minister of Housing and Absorption

Ami Ayalon, former Director, Shin Bet

Gidi Grinstein, former advisor to PM Barak Unattributed officials

PALESTINE

Nabil Shaath, PLO Foreign Minister

Nabil Abu Rudeineh, Chief of Staff to President Yasser Arafat

Saeb Erekat, former Chairman of the negotiating team

Mohammed Dahlan, former PLO National Security Advisor

Gamal Abouali, former legal advisor, negotiations support unit

Omar Dajani, former legal advisor, negotiations support unit

Ghaith al-Omari, NSU legal advisor

SYRIA

Walid Moallem, Deputy Foreign Minister

Riad Daoudi, Legal Advisor to late Syrian President Hafez al-Asad

Bouthaina Shabban, Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Translator to Hafez al-Asad

Imad Moustapha, Syrian Ambassador to the United States

SAUDI ARABIA

Rihab Massoud, Minister, Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

EGYPT

Nabil Fahmy, Egyptian Ambassador to the United States

Hishem Youssef, Spokesman for Amr Moussa, Secretary General of the Arab League

SWEDEN

Pr Nuder, Minister for Policy Coordination to Prime Minister Goran Persson

CARTER ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS, BROKERS OF THE SUCCESSFUL 1978 CAMP DAVID SUMMIT

Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States and Nobel Laureate

Walter Mondale, former Vice President of the United States

Samuel Lewis, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel

ACADEMIA AND OTHERS

William Quandt, Vice Provost, University of Virginia, former Adviser to President Carter on Arab-Israeli Affairs at the National Security Council

Ehud Sprinzak, former Dean of the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel

Haydar Abdel Shafi, Founder, Palestinian Red Crescent Society, former Palestinian Delegate to the 1991 Madrid Conference on the Middle East