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This New York Times article discusses the lead up to, the details of, and the resultant trilateral agreement that came from the Middle East Peace Talks that President Clinton held at Camp David in July of 2000. While talks initially seemed to be going well, negotiations reached an impasse over the control of Jerusalem. While Barak agreed to lesser control of East Jerusalem, Arafat would not consider anything of the sort. Both Clinton, Barak, and the media blame Arafat for the failed discussions.

This is the statement released at the conclusion of the, unfortunately unsuccessful, Camp David Peace Summit of 2000.

In this Office of the Historian publication, US involvement in the peace process of Israel and its neighbors is described in general. Touching on the Oslo and the Camp David accords, this article sketches a brief outline of the events occurring on the attempted road to peace.

I heard this interview on KUT one evening and I thought it was really pertinent to our class discussions on Egypt. You can listen to the podcast or watch the interview via this link or download the podcast on iTunes for free, it is an author who just wrote a book on the Camp David Accords of 1978 and he discusses the book and the events during the interview.

An article from Tahrir Docs, this translation calls for the freeing of the Palestine state through the example of Egypt's own transformation.

A Tahrir Docs translation, this flyer outlines the Egyptian support for the freeing of Palestine as well as specific goals to obtain.