Back Channel Negotiation: Secrecy in the Middle East Peace Process

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Back Channel Negotiation Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution Louis Kriesberg, Series Editor Other titles from Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution The Broken Olive Branch: Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and the Quest for Peace in Cyprus, 2 vols. Harry Anastasiou Conflict and Cooperation: Christian-Muslim Relations in Contemporary Egypt Peter E. Makari Cultures of Peace: The Hidden Side of History Elise Boulding Gender and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Politics of Women’s Resistance Simona Sharoni Global Liberalism, Local Populism: Peace and Conflict in Israel/Palestine and Northern Ireland Guy Ben-Porat Human Rights and Conflict Resolution in Context: Colombia, Sierra Leone, and Northern Ireland Eileen F. Babbitt and Ellen L. Lutz, eds. National Minority, Regional Majority: Palestinian Arabs Versus Jews in Israel Yitzhak Reiter Radical Pacifism: The War Resisters League and Gandhian Nonviolence in America, 1915–1963 Scott H. Bennett Re-Centering Culture and Knowledge in Conflict Resolution Practice Mary Adams Trujillo, S. Y. Bowland, Linda James Myers, Phillip M. Richards, and Beth Roy, eds. Scare Tactics: The Politics of International Rivalry Michael P. Colaresi Back Channel Negotiation Secrecy in the Middle East Peace Process Anthony Wanis-St. John Syracuse University Press Copyright © 2011 by Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 13244-5290 All Rights Reserved First Edition 2011 11 12 13 14 15 16 6 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. For a listing of books published and distributed by Syracuse University Press, visit our Web site at SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu. ISBN: 978-0-8156-3275-7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wanis-St. John, Anthony Back channel negotiation : secrecy in the Middle East peace process / Anthony Wanis-St. John. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8156-3275-7 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Arab-Israeli conflict—Peace. 2. Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes—Case studies. I. Title. DS119.7.W339 2010 956.05—dc22 2010042957 Manufactured in the United States of America Dedicated to Claudia, Isabela, Christopher, and Emilio, my family “back channel” ...