Dennis Ross
Dennis Ross
Dennis B. Rossis an American diplomat and author. He has served as the Director of Policy Planning in the State Department under President George H. W. Bush, the special Middle East coordinator under President Bill Clinton, and was a special adviser for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asiato the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
focus president questions security wants
The president ... wants me to focus on the security questions and I will be doing that,
step
We have a beginning. It's a step in the right direction. Now we have to see results.
environment meetings results sake security
What's important is not meetings for their own sake but results ... that will have a consequence on the security environment.
agreement hopeful
We're hopeful that we'll see an agreement very soon.
found
What I have found is that there is a will -- what we have to find is the way.
chance dealt gives good issues process
We had a very good discussion, and I think we are making headway. Issues are being dealt with seriously, intensively and comprehensively in a way that I think gives us a chance to put the process back on track.
believe effort genuine good negotiate parties
With the right kind of spirit, with the right kind of determination, if the will is there and there is a genuine effort to negotiate in good faith, I believe the parties are not being too ambitious. I believe it is possible.
alignment objectives
Successful diplomacy is an alignment of objectives and means.
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If there were an election today, Netanyahu would win. Yet, his standing in the polls is also a reflection of the weakness of Ehud Olmert, the current prime minister - who stands at 2 percent in a recent poll - and the enduring weaknesses of the Labor Party.
desired element
Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means.
common deal interests israeli serves threat
Security is something that serves Israeli interests and Palestinian interests. You have a common threat and you have a common enemy and it's important to deal with that as partners.
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Many Europeans are concerned that stronger sanctions are a slippery slope toward war unless the U.S. is at the table.
close governed leave life options
Arafat's whole life has been governed by struggle and a cause. Everything he has done as leader of the Palestinians is to always leave his options open, never close a door.
accept arafat israel peace seen
Israel was seen as having demonstrated unmistakably it wanted peace, and the reason it wasn't available, achievable was because Arafat wouldn't accept it.