Prof. Raphael Cohen-Almagor

University College London

Bio

Raphael Cohen-Almagor, DPhil Oxford, has held distinguished academic roles in the United Kingdom, the United States, Israel, India and Sweden. Raphael founded research centres in Israel and the United Kingdom. His works span politics, law, and ethics, including Boundaries of Liberty and Tolerance (1994), Right to Die with Dignity (2001), Speech, Media and Ethics (2005), Scope of Tolerance (2006), Confronting the Internet’s Dark Side (2015), Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism (2021) and Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2026).

Camp David 1978 and Camp David 2000: Comparative Analysis

Abstract

Camp David, the secure presidential retreat in Maryland, hosted landmark Middle East peace summits. This paper compares the successful 1978 Israeli-Egyptian summit led by President Jimmy Carter with the failed 2000 Israeli-Palestinian summit convened by President Bill Clinton. Drawing on extensive primary and secondary sources, including participants’ memoirs and ninety interviews with senior officials from six delegations, it analyzes how leadership, negotiation dynamics, and political context shaped divergent outcomes and broader prospects for diplomatic breakthroughs.