by Neil Lazarus

Following the election of Ehud Barak in May 1999, the Palestinians, who had become frustrated by progress in the Peace process, greeted the change with great expectations. The Sharm el Sheikh agreement was a rapid intervention by the new Prime Minister to put the Peace Process back on track by setting target dates for a staged, but relatively rapid implementation. The Sharm el Sheikh Memorandum established... More under Zionist Concepts... Links: Current Issues Activity - The Sharm Accords - http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/actual/wye/sharm.html http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH01gt0 enlarged http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go-visual.asp?MFAJ00ja0