Ministry of education of azerbaijan republic sumgayit state university

Magistrantların XXI Respublika Elmi konfransı, 17-18 may 2021-ci il 
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The status of Jerusalem was the major and most complex issue to agree on during the summit. The 
Palestinians’ position was crystal clear and included the full withdrawal of Israel from East Jerusalem. This 
is also based on UN SC resolution 242, and the Palestinian side indicated its will to discuss far-reaching 
proposals in terms of mutual agreement. The Israeli side made its own offer on this matter which opposed the 
Palestinian’s position. No agreement was achieved again. Solving the refugee problem was essential 
especially for Palestine, they requested that Israel accept the Palestinians' refugee problem as its 
responsibility and accept the right of return, which was issued in UN SC resolution 194. PM Ehud Barak 
strictly refused to concede any responsibility and declared that Israel may accept only a limited number of 
refugees. The Palestinian side was ready to move forward in this sense and willing to unravel the problem at 
least partially. However, this issue was also left unsolved. 
The Camp David Summit was subjected to many criticisms and went under fire by many experts, 
scholars, politicians not only for its insufficiency but also the inconsistency of parties, including the U.S. as a 
mediator. According to Aaron David Miller, who was working as an adviser in the State Department Camp 
David summit, the summit should have never been taken place in the first place. In my opinion, both Bill 
Clinton and Ehud Barak intended to use the summit for their personal political interests rather than to get a 
real deal. President Clinton wanted to leave successful inheritance after him and PM Ehud Barak desired to 
oppress Arafat and return home with maximum benefit to save his political career in Israel. Yasser Arafat 
knew from the very beginning, making certain agreements under these circumstances was almost impossible. 
First of all, Yasser Arafat didn’t have strong support from his Arab alliances, and without this support, he 
couldn't make any deals on any of the matters that were on the table during the summit. Inefficient mediation 
of the United States is pointed to as one of the main reasons for the failure of the Summit. The U.S. 
delegation did not have a concrete roadmap for dialogs, and their guidance for the negotiation process was 
superficial. President Clinton’s stand was not as keen as Jimmy Carter’s when the Camp David Accord was 
signed under his auspices. The eventual breaking point was the president leaving in the middle of the summit 
for the G8 meeting in Japan.The Camp David Summit turned out to be one of the biggest failures in the 
settlement of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Two months after the summit, the Second Intifada, also known as 
Al-Aqsa Intifada broke out. It caused considerable numbers of casualties from both sides, once again the 
possibilities for peace stuck to a dead end. Camp David II could have been a turning point for the sake of 
ending this conflict, but eventually, it became the very thing that opposed the goal of the summit. 
If we have a close look and examine today’s conditions on the Israel-Palestine conflict, it’s easy to 
realize how bad the situation has got and no sign of peace so far. Especially under Trump’s presidency, the 
U.S. has almost lost its impartiality in the eyes of the Palestinian people. Since 2000, threats to civilians, the 
rate of bloodshed, mutual attacks has only grown. When we analyze the Camp David Summit, we see both 
sides rejected each other’s demands, they insisted on their own clauses because each side had their own red 
lines, approach to the matters. After 21 years the range of these red lines has only enlarged, reasonability, 
chances for compromise have only decreased. As Joe Biden has taken the office, it may only hope that seems 
at the end of the tunnel for now. Despite all the wrongdoings of Camp David, it was the closest point to have 
an agreement in the 21st century. Regardless of whether parties will be willing to take steps forward along 
with the auspices of president Biden or not, peace looks more difficult to achieve than ever before.