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Qaddoumi, Farouk
121
Qana attack
186
–189
Qawasmeh, Abdullah
77
–78
“Quartet”
Bush and
58
disengagement and
134
–135,
142
–143
formation of
32
–33
Hamas and
230
Mecca Agreement and
217
–219
Palestinian elections and
generally
152
Hamas participation in
143
–144,
166
,
167
–168
Powell and
48
–49
Roadmap and
49
,
50
,
58
Sharon and
58
Welch and
143
Qurie, Ahmed (Abu Ala'a)
generally
120
,
272
Abbas and
248
–249
Abrams and
115
appointment of
83
–84
“April 14th letter” and
109
–110,
112
Arafat and
90
,
101
Bush and
121
Fatah and
270
Feltman and
84
Hadley and
103
,
115
Jerusalem, and status of
272
Livni and
258
,
276
,
277
–278
offer of resignation
115
Palestinian elections and
132
–136
resignation of
163
Rice and
111
–112,
267
–268,
271
–272,
279
,
280
weakness of
160
Rabbo, Yasser Abd
85
,
272
Rabin, Yitzhak
137
,
201
,
238
,
315
Rantisi, Abdel Aziz
76
–77,
111
Reagan, Ronald
16
,
59
,
86
,
285
,
305
Red Sea Summits
Abbas at
69
,
71
,
72
,
75
–76
Abdallah at
69
,
71
Abdullah at
69
,
71
Aqaba Summit
71
–76
Burns at
69
Bush at
71
,
74
,
76
Mubarak at
69
,
71
Powell at
69
,
76
Rice at
69
–70,
76
Sharm el-Sheik Summit
69
–71
Sharon at
69
,
71
,
72
–73,
74
,
76
Weissglas at
73
–74
Refugees
Abbas and
291
Abdallah and
29
“April 14th letter” and
108
Livni and
262
–263,
293
Olmert and
270
,
288
Ribicoff, Abraham
60
Rice, Condoleezza
generally
59
,
66
,
83
,
84
,
129
,
135
,
233
,
266
Abbas and
disengagement
135
final status negotiations
267
,
271
–272,
277
–278,
279
–280
Mecca Agreement
222
national unity government
209
,
220
on Olmert
286
terrorism
77
Abdullah and
110
–111
Abrams and
generally
124
appointment of Abrams
59
decision not to follow Rice to State Department
116
–117
Lebanon War
195
loyalty to Rice
59
,
61
“off the record” remarks by Abrams
224
–225,
226
settlements
115
–116
al-Kibar nuclear reactor and
236
,
237
–238
Annapolis Conference and
251
“April 14th letter” and
112
Arabs, influence of
194
attitude toward Israel
274
Ayalon and
22
,
77
,
200
Bandar and
181
,
198
Barak and
244
–245,
267
Bush and
35
,
198
–200,
225
,
226
Cheney and
283
civil rights analogy and Palestinians
245
on democratization of Middle East
87
,
146
–147
disengagement and
100
,
135
,
136
–137,
154
Erekat and
267
final status negotiations and
209
,
212
–213,
215
,
216
–217,
267
,
271
–272,
277
–278,
279
–280
foreign officials, influence of
192
–193
Gaza Strip and
272
Genger and
10
,
22
,
77
Hadley and
199
,
224
–225,
226
,
283
–284,
294
,
298
–299
Hannah and
192
–193
hitkansut
(convergence) policy and
174
Hizballah and
180
IDF and
190
international conference approach and
175
,
191
,
195
–198,
207
,
210
,
232
,
233
,
241
,
246
Iran and
200
–201
Iraq War and
63
,
192
Jerusalem, and status of
272
,
280
Jones Report and
293
–295
Karine A
affair and
26
on killing of Yassin
102
–103
Lavrov and
221
–222
Lebanon War and
177
,
179
,
181
,
182
–186,
189
–191,
195
legacy of
191
–192
Livni and
185
,
205
,
206
,
220
,
268
,
276
–277,
279
,
295
–296
London Conference and
125
Mecca Agreement and
218
–219,
222
media, influence of
192
Meridor and
215
–216
Mubarak and
104
national unity government and
209
,
220
need for new Palestinian leadership and
33
–34,
37
,
40
,
62
Olmert and
generally
174
attempts to circumvent
257
–258
cease fire
298
friction between
187
–189,
219
,
220
,
222
–223,
254
,
256
–257
Gaza Strip
272
international conference approach
175
,
233
,
246
Jones Report
293
–295
Lebanon War
177
,
183
–184,
189
–191
military aid to Israel
234
–235
misunderstanding between
245
personal relationship
193
Roadmap
214
–215
Security Council
296
,
299
Operation Defensive Shield and
31
optimism of
282
–283
Palestinian elections and
generally
152
Hamas participation in
144
–145,
147
–148,
152
,
166
–168,
169
Palestinian statehood and
32
,
133
peace talks and
38
“political horizon” theory and
203
–204
post-Iraq War peace process and
64
–65
Powell and
7
,
283
prisoners and
252
Qana attack and
186
–189
Qurie and
111
–112,
267
–268,
271
–272,
279
,
280
at Red Sea Summits
69
–70,
76
return of dead bodies and
252
Roadmap and
49
–50,
87
,
213
–215,
216
–217
Rumsfeld and
283
Saudi Arabia and
15
Second Intifada and
5
Security Council and
297
,
299
,
302
settlements and
67
–68,
74
,
251
–252,
260
Sharon and
crossing to and from Gaza
148
–151
disengagement
136
–137
distrust of Rice
10
English comprehension by Sharon
12
friction between
130
Hamas participation in Palestinian elections
147
–148
personal relationship
154
visits to Israel
78
–79,
123
–124,
135
Siniora and
182
–183,
186
–187
in State Department
116
State Department personnel, influence of
193
–194
statesmanship of
226
terrorism and
77
Tourgeman and
194
–195,
200
,
201
,
220
,
223
,
252
trilateral meeting with Abbas and Olmert
220
–221
Turbowitz and
200
,
201
–202
Weissglas and
77
,
79
,
83
,
87
–88,
90
,
102
–103,
139
,
257
,
263
Welch and
193
–194
West Bank and
288
,
292
West Bank fence and
78
Wolfensohn and
150
Riedel, Bruce
Arab world expectations of Bush and
8
–9
Arafat and
8
9/11 attacks and
19
Palestinian statehood and
16
,
17
Saudi Arabia and
14
–15
Second Intifada and
6
Right of return
74
–75
Roadmap
Abbas and
213
–216
Abdullah and
49
–50
Abrams and
213
–214
Annan and
58
“April 14th letter” and
107
–108
Arafat and
56
–57
Ayalon and
50
Burns and
50
,
51
Bush and
55
,
58
,
81
–83,
87
,
204
–205
delay in release of
62
–63
Edelman and
49
Feith and
49
goals of
51
–52
Hadley and
49
,
50
,
53
,
216
–217
Iraq War and
57
–58
Israeli approval of
70
–71
Israeli objections to
68
–69
Jordan and
49
–51
Livni and
205
marginalization of Arafat
52
Muasher and
49
–50,
51
,
87
Mubarak and
63
,
65
Olmert and
205
–206,
212
–213,
214
–215
overview
48
–49
Palestinian Legislative Council and
56
–57
phases of
52
Powell and
49
–50,
56
,
57
–58,
87
“Quartet” and
49
,
50
,
58
Rice and
49
–50,
87
,
213
–215,
216
–217
sequence of
203
settlements and
67
–68
Sharon and
50
,
53
–55,
56
,
58
,
70
–71,
81
–83
Tourgeman and
50
,
203
,
212
–214
Turbowitz and
203
,
212
–213

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