A(the) Case(s) for Peace

A GEOMAT Project by Esmaeel Reza Dadashzadeh

·  The United States, host, to be represented by President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
·  Israel, to be represented by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.
·  Palestinians, to be represented by Palestinian Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and senior officials.

Members of the international diplomatic quartet on the Middle East other than the United States:
·  The United Nations, to be represented by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
·  European Union presidency, to be represented by Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado.
·  European Union Commission, to be represented by EU External Affairs Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner.
·  European Union High Representative for foreign affairs Javier Solana.
·  Russia, expected to be represented by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
·  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the quartet special representative to the Middle East.

Members of the Arab League committee tasked with pursuing a Saudi initiative for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace deal. Of these, only Egypt and Jordan have full diplomatic with Israel:
·  Arab League, to be represented by Secretary-General Amr Moussa.
·  Algeria
·  Bahrain
·  Egypt
·  Jordan
·  Lebanon
·  Morocco
·  Qatar
·  Saudi Arabia
·  Sudan
·  Syria
·  Tunisia
·  Yemen

Other members of the Arab League:
·  Iraq
·  Mauritania
·  Oman
·  United Arab Emirates

Permanent members of the UN Security Council not included in above categories:
·  Britain
·  China
·  France

Members of the Group of Eight industrialized countries not included in above categories:
·  Canada
·  Germany
·  Italy
·  Japan

Members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference not included in above categories:
·  Indonesia
·  Malaysia
·  Pakistan
·  Senegal
·  Turkey

Other nations:
·  Brazil
·  Greece
·  India
·  Norway
·  Poland
·  Slovenia
·  South Africa
·  Spain
·  Sweden

Financial institutions invited as observers:
·  International Monetary Fund
·  World Bank

Key Actors Not Invited:

• Iran
• Hamas

Information courtesy of Haaretz Daily Newspaper Israel

•Monday, November 26, 2007: President Bush meets individually with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hosts the conference attendees at a State Department dinner.

•Tuesday November 27, 2007: Bush has a joint meeting with Olmert and Abbas in Annapolis, then addresses the conference. Attendees meet all day.

•Wednesday November 28, 2007: Bush meets individually with Olmert and Abbas.

The Annapolis Joint Declartion, singned by both Abbas and Olmert

Conference Site

Media: Israel's Response and Sentiments ; Palestinian Response ; Gulf media's mixed response to Annapolis

Two Palestinian views: A Letdown Even to Skeptics , A Complete Failure

Two Israeli views: Questions , The Settlers will Survive Annapolis

Peacenow.org page on the Annapolis Peace Conference (full of great links)