legitimacy in a potent new international coalition. The UN Secretary-General coined the phrase the “Middle East Quartet” for this informal group. The Quartet met both at principals level and at the level of special envoys. A novel approach to the imbroglio of Middle East peacemaking was launched: multilat

touches upon all of the core issues of control and sovereignty,” says Robert Danin, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations who, as head of the Quartet mission in Jerusalem from 2008 to HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025073 --- PAGE BREAK --- 2010, witnessed some of the political discussions that accompanied the

touches upon all of the core issues of control and sovereignty," says Robert Danin, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations who, as head of the Quartet mission in Jerusalem from 2008 to HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028707 --- PAGE BREAK --- 2010, witnessed some of the political discussions that accompanied the

willing to hold serious negotiations with the Palestinians and the group of Arab nations within an international conference, backed by the US and the Quartet - in order to achieve a two- state solution and establish a regional agreement, while maintaining an unyielding and persistent fight against terroris

willing to hold serious negotiations with the Palestinians and the group of Arab nations within an international conference, backed by the US and the Quartet - in order to achieve a two- state solution and establish a regional agreement, while maintaining an unyielding and persistent fight against terroris

za Strip will depend on effective control there by a legitimate Palestinian government that exercises authority in the West Bank, is committed to the Quartet principles and the Arab Peace Initiative and respects the commitments of the Palestine Liberation Organization. • Call for both states to engage in g