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ved, if the talks were going to have a chance. In the end, the Americans settled on a beautiful, and undeniably remote, town in West Virginia called Shepherdstown. But from the outset, I was worried it couldn’t provide the kind of environment we needed. As soon as our plane landed at Andrews Air Force base outs
w if we could, however difficult or reluctant Arafat was as a negotiating partner. If we waited, we’d end up having to deal with Islamists: Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Oded Eran, the career diplomat whom I'd put in charge of frustrating, formal talks with the Palestinians in the months preceding the summit , said h
eved, if the talks were going to have a chance. In the end, the Americans settled on a beautiful, and undeniably remote, town in West Virginia called Shepherdstown. But from the outset, I was worried it couldn't provide the kind of environment we needed. As soon as our plane landed at Andrews Air Force base outs
w if we could, however difficult or reluctant Arafat was as a negotiating partner. If we waited, we'd end up having to deal with Islamists: Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Oded Eran, the career diplomat whom I'd put in charge of frustrating, formal talks with the Palestinians in the months preceding the summit, said he
tcomes of the London Conference on Palestinian Reform (17 January 2003) 1205 Fatah Declaration of Cease-Fire Initiative (29 June 2003) 1209 Hamas and Islamic Jihad Declaration of Cease-Fire Initiative (29 June 2003) 1211 Israeli Cabinet Communiqué Approving the Removal of Arafat (11 September 2003) 1213 Hamas
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023145 →President Clinton hosts summit meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister Barak and Syrian Foreign Minister al-Shara, followed by rounds of peace talks in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, in January 2000. 5 March 2000 Government of Israel’s resolution to withdraw from Lebanon. 26 March 2000 Bill Clinton and Hafez al-A
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023156 →Entities connected to both Shepherdstown and Islamic Jihad

Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Jerusalem
LOCATION
Barack Obama
PERSON
George W. Bush
PERSON
Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
Fatah
ORGANIZATION
Lebanon
LOCATION
United States
LOCATION
Bill Clinton
PERSON
Yasser Arafat
PERSON
Damascus
LOCATIONSinai
LOCATION
West Bank
LOCATION
Ramallah
LOCATION
Tehran
LOCATIONthe Gaza Strip
LOCATION
Terje Rod-Larsen
PERSONMediterranean
LOCATION
Ehud Barak
PERSON
Haifa
LOCATION