The Geneva Accord
The Geneva Accord, published in October 2003, was an unofficial document produced by former senior Israeli and Palestinian officials and representatives of civil society. It provided a detailed blueprint for a peace agreement, building on the Clinton Parameters.
The main contribution of the Accord was to demonstrate that, through negotiations, solutions could be found for all the issues dividing Israelis and Palestinians. Another, very different, lesson can also be drawn from the experience of the Geneva Accord: namely, that however carefully drafted a peace plan might be, it will go nowhere if it is not embraced by the respective leaders on both sides. (Arafat supported the Accord, perhaps tactically, knowing that his bluff would not be called; Sharon rejected it.)