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People
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Organizations
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Events
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Relationships
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Document Information
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Book excerpt / house oversight committee exhibit
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2.46 MB
Summary
This document is a page from a book (likely Ehud Barak's memoir) included as an exhibit in a House Oversight investigation. It details the political maneuvering within the Israeli government around June 2009 regarding US President Obama's pressure for a settlement freeze and the two-state solution. The narrator (Barak) describes his efforts, alongside Dan Meridor and Avigdor Lieberman, to convince Prime Minister Netanyahu to engage with the US administration to avoid international isolation, leading to Netanyahu's conditional acceptance of a Palestinian state.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Ehud Barak | Narrator / Minister |
Implied author (header '/ BARAK /'). Describes advising the Prime Minister on US relations and peace negotiations.
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| Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) | Prime Minister of Israel |
Subject of the text; resisting settlement freeze, eventually accepting idea of Palestinian state with preconditions.
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| Barack Obama | US President |
Pushing for settlement freeze; gave Cairo speech.
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| Dan Meridor | Politician (Likud) |
Described as an 'old friend' and ally of the narrator in persuading Bibi.
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| Avigdor Lieberman | Politician |
Unexpected ally; West Bank settler; worried about isolating Israel internationally.
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Organizations (5)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Likud |
Political party Dan Meridor rejoined.
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| Labor party |
Political party of the narrator (Barak).
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| Group of Eight |
Informal group of close ministers and aides.
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| White House |
Location of talks between Bibi and Obama.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the document stamp (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011883).
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Timeline (3 events)
June 2009
Netanyahu publicly accepts the idea of a Palestinian state with preconditions.
Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu
Locations (7)
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Area under partial Palestinian control.
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Location where Lieberman lived; subject of settlement freeze discussions.
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Location of Obama's speech.
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Country mentioned.
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Referenced regarding past peace treaties.
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Referenced regarding past peace treaties.
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Referenced regarding past negotiation attempts with Syria.
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Relationships (2)
Repeated meetings, one-on-one and in Group of Eight.
Described as 'an old friend'.
Key Quotes (4)
"I knew that his default response to Obama’s call for a settlement freeze would be 'no.'"Source
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Quote #1
"clearly and unambiguously recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people."Source
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Quote #2
"Not only did his heart, and political interests, lie on the West Bank. He lived there."Source
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Quote #3
"I knew how deep, genuine and longstanding Bibi’s resistance to Palestinian statehood was."Source
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Quote #4
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