Strategic Assessment

This article will show that the Second Camp David Conference (December, 2000) and the bridging proposals offered by US President Bill Clinton (July, 2000) engendered radically different reactions among Israelis and Palestinians. While both were seen in Israel as a process bringing it on the verge of an historic resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a close examination of the Palestinian press, and comments made by PA leadership, show that the Palestinian reaction was different indeed.