Camp David Summit 2000

Camp David Summit 2000

President Bill Clinton

Prime Minister Ehud Barak

Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat

Clinton invited both Barak and Arafat to Camp David on July 5th, 2000

Meeting was to continue negotiations from Camp David Accords of 1978 and Oslo Accords of 1993.

Oslo did not fulfill expectations of Israel or Palestine.

The summit lasted 14 days from July 11th to July 25th, 2000.

• The summit was unsuccessful and there was no agreement reached. At this conclusion, a Trilateral statement was issued to guide further negotiations.

Trilateral Statement Guidelines:

• The two sides agreed to focus their negotiations on ending decades of conflict and creating everlasting peace.
• To commit themselves to continue and effort to conclude all issues as soon as possible
• Both sides agree that negotiations are based on UN resolutions 242 and 338 and to create an environment for negotiations free from pressure, intimidation and threats of violence.
• Both sides understand the importance of actions that will prejudge negotiations and that their problems will be solved by good faith negotiations.
• Both sides agree that the U.S. will remain a vital partner in the search for peace.

There were 4 targets for negotiation:

1. Territory

Palestine wanted totaly control over the Gaza strip and West Bank. Israel rejected this proposal and demanded they go by the Green line borders. Israel proposed that the West Bank and Gaza Strip would be linked by an elevated highway and an elevated railroad running through the Negev, ensuring safe and free passage for Palestinians.

The Palestinians rejected this proposal.

2.Jerusalem and the Temple Mount

The Palestinians demanded complete sovereignty over East Jerusalem and its holy sites.

Israel proposed that the Palestinians be granted "custodianship,"not complete power over the Temple Mount, and Israel still controlling the Western Wall

3. Refugees

Almost 4 million Palestinians have been expelled from their homes in Israel. The Palestinians demand that they have a right to return to their homes with complete reemburstment of their properties.

Israel feels that the return of the Palestinians will alter their demographics and ruin the Jewish state as a whole.

4. Israeli Security concerns

Israeli negotiators want to set up radar stations inside the Palestinian state, and be allowed to use its airspace. They are also proposing the right to deploy a military in Palestine in case of an emergency. Lastly, they demand that that the Palestinian state be demilitarized with the exception of its paramilitary security forces

To this day, the three nations still havent concluded any negotiations.

The End!