Craig Williams Israeli peace talks memo to Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. and S. L. K., January 27, 2000

Memo To: RLE, SLK From: Craig Williams Subject: RLE’s Voting Record On Issues in the Israeli-Peace Talks Date: January 27, 2000 I) Peace Process Time Line: Selected Events in the multi-lateral talks among Israel, The PLO, Syria, and the United States 1. September 13, 1993 - Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) signed the Declaration of Principles (DOP) on Interim Self-Government for the West Bank and Gaza Strip/Oslo I, providing for Palestinian empowerment and some territorial control. Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty agenda on September 14, 1993. 2. July 25, 1993 - Israeli Prime Minister Rabin and Jordan’s King Hussein affirmed the end of the state of belligerency between Israel and Jordan. On October 26, a Peace Treaty was signed. Israel and the Palestinians signed an accord on Interim Self-Rule in the West Bank/Oslo II on September 28. 3. November 4, 1995 - Israel continued implementing the accord despite the assassination of Prime Minister Rabin. 4. March 1996 - Israel suspended its participation in talks with Syria after a series of terrorist attacks thought to have been sponsored by Syria. Syria had participated in bilateral peace talks with Israel between 1991 and 1996. The talks explored the status of the Golan Heights territory occupied by Israel since 1967 and related matters of water and territorial disputes. Positions on both sides hardened after Israeli elections brought the more hard line Likud Party and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to power later that year. 5. January 1997 - A protocol produced Israeli redeployment from Hebron. Israeli-Palestinian talks were suspended in March 1997 after Israel began work on a housing project in south East Jerusalem and a Palestinian terrorist bombed a cafe in Tel Aviv. Suicide bombings in Jerusalem in July and August distanced the parties further.