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Middle East Peace Process: Violent Clashes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2017

Sean D. Murphy
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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 95 , Issue 1 , January 2001 , pp. 160 - 161
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2001

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References

1 See Murphy, Sean D., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 94 AJIL 116 (2000)Google ScholarPubMed.

2 See Hockstader, Lee, Arafat, Barak Trade Views on Reviving Peace Talks, Wash. Post, Sept. 26, 2000, at A18 Google Scholar.

3 See Sontag, Deborah, ‘Positive Spirit’ as Arafat and Barak Meet, N.Y. Times, Sept. 26, 2000, at A10 Google Scholar.

4 See Hockstader, Lee, Arab Uprising Spreads to Israel, Wash. Post, Oct. 2, 2000, at A2 Google Scholar; Hockstader, Lee, Six Die in Jerusalem Violence, Wash. Post, Sept. 30, 2000, at A2 Google Scholar; Orme, William A. Jr., Mideast Violence Continues to Rage; Death Toll Rises, N.Y. Times, Oct. 1, 2000, at 1 Google Scholar.

5 SC Res. 1322 (Oct. 7, 2000).

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7 Joint Remarks with President Hosni Mubarek of Egypt at the Conclusion of the Middle East Summit, 36 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 2501, 2501-02 (Oct. 23, 2000); See Lancaster, John & Schneider, Howard, Summit Yields Tenuous Pledges, Wash. Post, Oct. 18, 2000, at A1 Google Scholar.

8 See White House Press Release on Statement by the Press Secretary (Nov. 7, 2000) (on file at GWU).

9 Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee Press Release on Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee Holds Initial Meeting (undated) (on file at GWU). The committee met with Prime Minister Barak and Chairman Arafat on December 11. See Orme, William A. Jr., U.S.-Led Investigation Panel Meets with Barak and Arafat, N.Y. Times, Dec. 12, 2000, at Al3 Google Scholar.

10 See GA Res. ES-10/7 (Oct. 20, 2000). The vote was 92 to 6, with 46 abstentions and 45 states not participating. The states voting against the resolution were Israel, the United States, and four Pacific island states (Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, and Tuvalu).

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12 Sec UN Doc. S/PV.4248 (Dec. 18, 2000); Crossette, Barbara, U.N. Rejects Troops for Palestinian Territories, N.Y. Times, Dec. 19, 2000, at A8.Google Scholar The draft resolution was sponsored by certain “nonaligned” states. Although eight members voted in favor of the resolution (Bangladesh, China, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mali, Namibia, Tunisia, and Ukraine), the other seven members abstained (Argentina, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, and the United States).

13 See Lynch, Colum, Palestinians Lose Bid for U.N. Observers, Wash. Post, Dec. 19, 2000, at A34 Google Scholar; Sontag, Susan, Barak Declares Early Elections, in Surprise Move, N.Y. Times, Nov. 29, 2000, at Al Google Scholar (includes chart, “Two Months of Bloodshed”); Richburg, Keith B., Young Palestinians Suffer Bone-Shattering Experience, Wash. Post, Nov. 30, 2000, at Al Google Scholar.