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Haaretz
(Israeli newspaper)
98
,
99
,
311
–312
Haass, Richard
6
,
19
Hadley, Steve
generally
127
,
132
,
197
,
200
,
216
,
233
,
252
,
258
Abbas and
271
–272
Abrams and
61
,
116
–117,
124
,
223
,
239
,
275
,
298
al-Kibar nuclear reactor and
227
,
236
Annapolis Conference and
248
–251
“April 14th letter” and
103
Arafat and
43
Bandar and
198
Barak and
266
–267
Bush and
275
final status negotiations and
67
Hizballah and
180
Karine A
affair and
25
Mecca Agreement and
219
Meridor and
219
,
223
military aid to Israel
234
need for new Palestinian leadership and
39
,
40
at NSC
59
Olmert and
174
,
286
policy and
133
,
302
Qurie and
103
,
115
Rice and
199
,
224
–225,
226
,
283
–284,
294
,
298
–299
Roadmap and
49
,
50
,
53
,
216
–217
Security Council and
297
,
299
settlements and
67
–68,
139
Sharon and
65
–66,
67
,
101
–102,
103
–104,
129
,
154
Tourgeman and
208
,
296
–297
Turbowitz and
189
,
201
–202,
208
visits to Israel
119
,
269
–270
Weissglas and
101
,
102
Haig, Alexander
285
Hamad (Bahraini King)
71
Hamas
Abbas and
124
,
125
–126,
210
American policy to weaken
170
–171
anti-Semitism in
140
–142
armed struggle, dedication to
165
bombings in Israel by
76
–77,
102
,
116
,
146
,
172
Dahlan and
115
disengagement, strengthening of during
159
–161
Document of National Accord and
176
financial restrictions on
163
–164
Iran and
229
Islamist nature of
165
Israeli attacks on
83
legal restrictions on
163
–164
Livni and
126
majority in Palestinian Legislative Council
169
–170
Mecca Agreement and
217
–218
military strength of
77
,
135
–136
national unity government with Fatah
206
Olmert and
296
–297
Palestinian elections and
participation in
126
,
131
,
140
–142,
143
–144,
159
victory in
163
–164,
169
–170
PLO and
75
polls regarding
152
“Quartet” and
230
rule in Gaza Strip
315
,
317
Syria and
306
–307
takeover of Gaza Strip
228
–232
tension with Fatah
128
terrorism and
84
as terrorist group
163
–164
truce with Fatah
125
–126
truce with Palestinian Authority
78
,
82
war with Fatah
140
,
176
–177,
206
–207,
209
–210,
212
,
226
–227
war with Israel
177
war with Palestinian Authority
115
,
140
Haniyeh, Ismail
167
,
170
,
176
,
200
,
208
–209,
218
,
228
Hannah, John
27
,
30
,
192
–193
Hariri, Rafik
121
,
124
–125,
180
,
182
Hariri, Saad
180
Hayden, Michael
236
Hitkansut
(convergence) policy
171
–174
Hizballah
generally
25
Arafat and
25
Bandar and
181
Bush and
180
Hadley and
180
Iran and
180
,
189
Lebanon War
see
(Lebanon War)
military strength in Lebanon
180
overview
179
Rice and
180
Sheba'a Farms and
184
–186
Syria and
189
,
306
–307
Hoenlein, Malcolm
308
Howard, John
104
Hussein, Saddam
57
,
63
Hussein (Jordanian King)
317
al Husseini, Haj Amin
314
Independent Palestine Party (Palestinians)
163
Indyk, Martin
307
–308
International Atomic Energy Agency
236
–237,
238
,
246
,
248
International Monetary Fund
253
International Red Cross
228
Intifada
see
Second Intifada
Introduction
1
–3
Iran
Arafat and
25
Gaza Strip and
228
Hamas and
229
Hizballah and
180
,
189
Lebanon War and
184
,
188
nuclear program of
238
,
239
Rice and
189
,
200
–201
strategic challenge from
306
strategic imperative regarding
200
–201
Iraq War
attention devoted to
192
relationship to Middle East situation
38
–39
Rice and
63
,
192
Roadmap and
57
–58
Islamic extremism
20
Islamic Jihad
bombings in Israel by
146
,
150
–151
Document of National Accord and
176
Hamas-Fatah war and
207
Syria and
306
–307
truce with Palestinian Authority
78
,
82
Israeli Defense Forces
generally
205
,
231
,
234
,
241
disengagement and
93
,
135
,
139
,
230
,
231
–232
in Gaza Strip
77
,
92
,
100
,
106
“Jenin Massacre” and
31
Lebanon War and
181
Qana attack and
186
–187
Rice and
190
Second Intifada and
13
siege of Arafat by
28
in West Bank
79
West Bank fence and
101
Ivanov, Igor
33
Jackson, Henry M.
59
–60
Javits, Jacob
60
“Jenin Massacre,”
31
Jerusalem, status of
Abbas and
275
Erekat and
272
final status negotiations and
312
–313
Powell and
23
Qurie and
272
Rice and
272
,
280
Jerusalem Post,
24
,
162
Jewish Agency
216
Jones, James L.
259
–260,
282
,
294
Jones Report
294
,
295
Jordan
“April 14th letter” and
110
–112
final status negotiations, role in
317
–318
Palestinian statehood and
317
–318
Roadmap and
49
–51
Kadima Party (Israel)
election of
170
,
174
formation of
88
–89,
150
Livni and
279
,
284
Olmert and
158
,
159
,
223
–224,
264
,
278
Kaplinsky, Moshe
10
,
21
,
89
,
153
–154
Karine A
affair
25
–27
Karzai, Hamid
121
Katsav, Moshe
8
Kemp, Jack
44
Kerry, John
305
Kimche, David
85
Kirkpatrick, Jeane
285
Kissinger, Henry
60
Koizumi, Junichiro
104
Kouchner, Bernard
298
,
300
,
302
Kurtzer, Daniel
132
,
137
,
138
,
139
Labor Party (Israel)
86
,
114
–115,
138
,
147
,
150
,
174
Lavrov, Sergei
135
,
221
–222,
266
Lebanon War
Abrams and
195
Arab reaction to
181
Ayalon and
190
Blair and
183
,
184
Giladi and
190
Hizballah in aftermath of
189
humanitarian issues
185
IDF and
181
Iran and
184
,
188
Livni and
184
,
185
Olmert and
177
,
181
,
183
–185,
189
–191
overview
179
Qana attack
186
–189
Rice and
177
,
179
,
181
,
182
–186,
189
–191,
195
Rome Conference
181
,
184
Siniora and
182
–183,
184
UNIFIL
179
,
182
,
186
,
189
Winograd Commission
223
–224,
233
Lessons learned
intrusive US role, avoiding
311
Israeli flexibility dependent on firm US support
307
–309
personal relationships with Israeli leaders, importance of
309
Presidential control of decision making, importance of
304
–306
primacy of Israeli-Palestinian situation, avoiding overemphasis on
307
reality on ground as more important than negotiations
309
–311
settlement “freeze,” avoiding overemphasis on
311
–313
Levitte, Jean-David
298
,
299
,
302
Libby, I. Lewis (“Scooter”)
16
–17,
26
,
30
,
283
Likud Party (Israel)
88
–89,
98
,
102
,
103
,
115
,
137
,
139
Livni, Tzipi
generally
194
,
222
,
272
Annapolis Conference and
250
,
251
Bush and
169
,
262
–263,
274
election campaign of
274
,
282
,
286
Erekat and
258
,
276
,
291
Hamas and
126
Kadima Party and
279
,
284
Lebanon War and
184
,
185
Olmert and
223
–224
Qurie and
258
,
276
,
277
–278
refugees and
262
–263,
293
Rice and
185
,
205
,
206
,
220
,
268
,
276
–277,
279
,
295
–296
Roadmap and
205
settlements and
252
Siniora and
181
West Bank and
276
–277,
291
London Conference
125

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