April 13, 2001
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… unprecedented dialogue. On April 3, the former U.S. envoy told an Ann Arbor audience that, despite recent violence, dialogue will continue. University of Michigan Hillel groups brought Ross to Ann Arbor in the…
… 6600 West Maple Road West Bloomfield, Michigan 48322 Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D. Fellow, Center for Bioethics Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Sociology University of Pennsylvania Chief…
… Envoy to the Middle East Dennis Ross was part of the peace process before there ever was a peace process. Over more than a decade, he was one of the main reasons Israel and its Arab neighbors continued an…
… midst Dennis Ross of an Ann Arbor campus debate surrounding the lat- est intifizcla (Palestinian uprising). While many commentators have declared former President Bill Clinton's peace-making agenda a fail…
…- ure following the latest outbreak of fighting, Ross said much was gained from the Oslo process. He is writing a book about the lessons he learned while negotiating for peace. The primary lesson, he told…
… the audience of about 500, is that there is no substitute for peace — and both _ sides know it. "The last six months have raised more fundamental questions about the peace process than ever before," he…
…. "The Palestinian leadership has done nothing to prepare their public for peace," Ross said. He placed blame on both sides. The Israelis, in turn, should not promote a feeling of helplessness among the…
… Palestinians by expanding settlements or demolishing olive groves. "There are no unilateral outcomes to this situation," Ross continued. Taking drastic measures in the hope of finally being done with the…
… conflict is tempting, he acknowledged, but not practical. A resolution would have to come as a result of a negotiated treaty, but a treaty that cannot be imposed on the two sides by an outside body. That…
… Minister Yitzhak Rabin was not easily discouraged. To a question about whether the U.S. should divest from Israel in light of Israel's blockade of the Palestinian terri- tories, Ross replied with an adamant…