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Name: Dennis Ross, Ph.D.
Title: Counselor and Ziegler Distinguished Fellow
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Position: Pro Roadmap to Peace to the question "What are the solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?"
Reasoning: "The Roadmap to Peace provides a three phased approach to achieving an independent, viable, and democratic Palestinian state coexisting in peace and security with the Jewish State of Israel."
"The Way Forward in the Middle East Peace Process"
Testimony before the House Committee on International Relations
February 10, 2005
Credibility
Ranking:		  Experts
Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Counsul Generals, heads of government, members of legislative bodies, and Ph.D.'s with significant involvement in, or related to, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Involvement:
  • "For more than twelve years, Ambassador Ross played a leading role in shaping U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process and dealing directly with the parties in negotiations. A highly skilled diplomat, Ambassador Ross was U.S. point man on the peace process in both the George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations. He was instrumental in assisting Israelis and Palestinians to reach the 1995 Interim Agreement; he also successfully brokered the 1997 Hebron Accord, facilitated the 1994 Israel-Jordan peace treaty, and intensively worked to bring Israel and Syria together."
    - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Education: Ph.D., UCLA
B.A., UCLA, 1970

Affiliations/
Honors:
  • Received UCLA's highest medal
  • Received honorary doctorates from Amherst, Jewish Theological Seminary, and Syracuse University

Contact Info:
Phone: 202-452-0650 Fax: 202-223-5364
E-Mail:   http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC11.php?CID=24
Web Site: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC10.php?CID=8

Other: Books:
  • The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace, 2004
  • Reforming the Palestinian Authority: Requirements for Change, 2002
  • Acting with Caution: Middle East Policy Planning for the Second Reagan Administration, 1985
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