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Book SynopsisEach chapter concludes with discussions of successes, failures, and lessons learned.
Trade ReviewThis book is... a personal account that is likely to remain an unrivalled source for the behind-the-scenes story. -- David McDowall Times Literary Supplement [ Track-Two Diplomacy toward an Israeli-Palestinian Solution, 1978-2014] is a valuable monograph, which the author has reconstructed from interviews with many participants, and from his unique collection of policy papers and minutes of meetings. Each chapter is framed within a rigorous structure, breaking down the stages of various ECF ventures, both successful and failed, and concluding with a balance sheet of 'lessons learned.' -- Neal Caplan Middle East Journal Painstaking and often very personal account of over thirty years of track-two diplomatic efforts of peacemaking between Israeli and Palestinian interlocutors... Relying on countless personal papers and interviews as well as the unpublished policy documents... he [Yair Hirshfeld] reflects upon the trial and error back-channel negotiations that continued even in times of official stalemate, undeterred by violence and war. H-Diplo
Table of ContentsTables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Camp David Accords Lay the Foundations for a Two-State Solution, 1978–79
2. The First Multitrack Diplomacy Efforts and the Unsuccessful "Jordanian Option," 1979–88
3. A Multitrack Approach to Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, 1989–91
4. Back-Channel Negotiations in Norway: The Challenges, the Planning, and the Track-Two Efforts of the Oslo Accords, 1991–93
5. Preparing for Permanent Status: The First Attempt, 1993–96
6. Keeping the Oslo Process on Track: Multitrack Diplomacy during the First Netanyahu Government, May 1996–May 1999
7. The March of Folly: Ehud Barak's Attempt to Conclude a Permanent Status Agreement, May 1999–February 2001
8. Life after Failure: The ECF in Search of a Strategy,February 2001–February 2003
9. Trial and Error in Testing Three Paradigms,January 2003–February 2009
10. The Kerry Initiative and Beyond
Notes
Bibliography
Index
