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Despite the intervention of then-foreign minister Simon Peres, the secret mission failed. Dennis Ross, Clinton's top Middle East envoy, twice told Israeli officials the issue was a "hot potato" he didn't want to touch, says the memo. When Israeli diplomats pressed, they were told Ross was "skeptical...
That's when Peres jumped in. A vigorous advocate of the joint economic projects, he instructed Itamar Rabinovich, Israel's ambassador in Washington, to press on with the State Department. Peres himself met with Ross and the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Martin Indyk, to plead the case in person, the...
Israeli officials still thought they could overcome those issues. But in November 1995, Schwartz told them Ross would not change his mind "probably because of his reluctance to get involved in a politically sensitive situation," says the memo. After Yitzhak Rabin's assassination, Peres became prime minister. But his interests...
The best motive one can ascribe to them is that they think things will be less disastrous if they're in a unity government to keep an eye on and restrain Sharon, which they'll be able to do to some extent if they have the defense and foreign minister...
Arafat will face a problem dealing with Sharon and the Likud party. Not even Netanyahu represented the true spirit of the Likud, which is that they don't make deals under pressure. In recent years, Palestinians have become accustomed to a "whispering peace." Yossi Beilin has a secret meeting and...