Yasser Arafat planned the second intifada, his widow says

Published on December 31, 2012

Yasser Arafat planned the second intifada, his widow said in a television interview.

As Barak bids politics bye bye, questions remain about his legacy and future

Published on November 27, 2012

Is Ehud Barak a calculating political survivor or a military man who, in his own words, “never had any special desire” for political life? Will he be remembered as a warrior or as a seeker of peace? And what will he do next?

May 28, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 28, 2012

Camp David accord ‘over,’ Egyptian opposition leader charges

Published on February 14, 2011

An Egyptian opposition leader has declared his country's three-decades-old peace treaty with Israel is over. Ayman Nour, the head of the secular-liberal Tomorrow Party who is planning to run for president, reportedly told Egyptian Radio Sunday that "The Camp David accord is over" and Egypt should renegotiate the accord's terms.

Children of the Naksa, Children of Camp David

By Mona Eltahawy
Published on March 25, 2009

Clinton Still Can’t Figure Arafat

By Tom Tugend
Published on November 10, 2005

Although he left the White House nearly five years ago, former President Bill Clinton is still deeply concerned about the Middle East and remains puzzled by his last-minute failure to advance peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

Terror Strikes Home

By Tom Tugend
Published on September 13, 2001

Four downed planes. Three landmark buildings, two towers leveled. One nation under attack.

After the Summit

By Eric Silver
Published on July 27, 2000

Camp David is dead, long live Camp David. That was the slogan as the despondent, disappointed Israelis left the morning after the Middle East peace summit collapsed in the Maryland presidential retreat."The process is not over," said strategic analyst Yossi Alpher, a former special adviser to Prime Minister Ehud Barak. "It is hard to think that Barak will simply say, 'I'm finished dealing with the peace process.' They're going to have to get back to talking."
What, though, would they talk about?

Barak at Camp David

By Gene Lichtenstein
Published on July 20, 2000

There is a sense at this moment that "time has stopped." That all political voices have become silent, in Israel no less than in the United States, while Messrs. Arafat, Barak and Clinton struggle over language, issues and principles in an effort to reach a peace agreement.

Renewed Hope

By Tom Tugend
Published on July 20, 2000

Despite protest demonstrations, Israelis will overwhelmingly endorse any agreement forged by Prime Minister Ehud Barak at the Camp David negotiations, Israel's minister for Diaspora affairs assured the national convention of Hadassah on Sunday evening.

Barak’s Gamble

By Eric Silver
Published on July 13, 2000

The Camp David summit looks like the boldest gamble by an Israeli leader since the founding father, David Ben-Gurion, declared the Jewish state in May 1948, to the rumble of invading Arab guns and the chattering teeth of his own querulous associates. Ehud Barak flew to the United States this week determined to make peace with the Palestinians, but with his coalition government and parliamentary support in tatters.

Negotiating Jerusalem

By David Landau
Published on July 13, 2000

As Prime Minister Ehud Barak engages this week in Middle East summitry, there is one issue on which he can afford to make the fewest concessions: Jerusalem.

Barak at Camp David

By Gene Lichtenstein
Published on July 13, 2000

There is a sense at this moment that "time has stopped." That all political voices have become silent, in Israel no less than in the United States, while Messrs. Arafat, Barak and Clinton struggle over language, issues and principles in an effort to reach a peace agreement.

The Human Element of Diplomacy

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on January 7, 1999

The all-night sessions, heated confrontations and threats of walkouts that marked the recent Wye Accord negotiations had their parallel 20 years ago, when the Camp David Agreement lay the groundwork for the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty.