Wanis-St. John takes on the question of whether the complex and
often perilous, secret negotiations between mediating parties prove
to be an instrumental path to reconciliation or rather one that
disrupts the process. Using the Palestinian-Israeli peace process
as a framework, the author focuses on the uses and misuses of
""back channel"" negotiations. Wanis-St. John discusses how top
level PLO and Israeli government officials often resorted to secret
negotiation channels even when they had designated, acknowledged
negotiation teams already at work. Intense scrutiny of the media,
pressure from constituents, and the public’s reaction, all
become severe constraints to the process, causing leaders to seek
out back channel negotiations. The impact of these secret talks on
the peace process over time has largely been unexplored. Through
interviews with major negotiators and policymakers on both sides
and a detailed history of the conflict, the author analyzes the
functions and consequences of back channel negotiations. Wanis-St.
John reveals the painful irony that these methods for peacemaking
have had the unintended effect of inflaming the conflict and
sustaining its intractability.
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