No. 144: The Kerry Initiative: Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man?

Author(s): Martin Zapfe
Editor(s): Christian Nünlist
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 144
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2013

For the first time in three years, Israel and the Palestinians are negotiating directly and officially towards a Final Status Agreement. The obstacles are enormous. Initiated by US Secretary of State John Kerry, the talks can only be successful if US President Barack Obama commits himself to them; if expectations of what an agreement could deliver are moderated; and if Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu decides to use his historically good negotiating position.

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Middle East Responsible Politicians 2000-2013