Conjuring up the spirit and symbolism of Camp David in an attempt to restart the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, President Clinton stunned Washington today in his announcement to convene summit talks next week at Camp David. How far should the U.S. go to help bring peace to the Middle East? What impact would an agreement at Camp David have on stability throughout the Middle East? Middle East specialists Jon Alterman, Jeffery Helsing, and Steven Riskin are available for questions, commentary, and analysis in examining the stakes for Arafat, Barak, and Clinton at next week's Camp David summit talks.

• Jon B. Alterman
  
• Jeffery Helsing
  
• Steven Riskin

In conjunction with the upcoming Israeli-Palestinian Peace talks in Washington, the Institute is making copies of its recent publication, A Very Political Economy: Peacebuilding and Foreign Aid in the West Bank and Gaza by Middle Eastern scholar and former Institute grantee Rex Brynen available to the press upon request.

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