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Fmr. Israeli Foreign Minister: "If I were a Palestinian, I Would Have Rejected Camp David"

Fmr. Israeli Foreign Minister: "If I were a Palestinian, I Would Have Rejected Camp David"

In Part Two of our debate, former Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben Ami and scholar Norman Finkelstein address the intricacies of a question that has been the subject of much debate–what happened at the Camp David peace talks in July 2000? Both sides of the Israel-Palestinian conflict say the other rejected peace, leading to the violence that has marked the conflict since. Ben Ami — who was a leading member of the Israeli negotiation team — says he would have rejected Camp David if he were a Palestinian, and discusses the ensuing peace talks in Taba in January 2001. [includes rush transcript]

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