Missed opportunities for peace

Ronald Young's central thesis is that from 1981-86 Israeli and Arab leaders signaled on several occasions their willingness to move toward Israeli-Arab peace, but the Reagan administration did not respond to their appeals. The Bush administration would do well to read and learn from this illuminating document. Young and his wife, Carol Jensen, served as Middle East representatives of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) from 1982- 85. AFSC's presence in the region began in 1949. Young notes several key opportunities that were missed, including Washington's failure to oppose unequiv...