Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 10/2009

Rejectionists Readying to Counter U.S. Peace Push

David Pollock

September 2009

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

With rumors in the air of a U.S.-brokered, mid-September meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, various regional actors are busy positioning themselves for the coming round of diplomacy. Analysis of these dynamics provides some useful perspective on the road ahead, beyond the usual focus on the minutiae of settlement construction, prisoner exchanges, or other immediate concerns.