Editing 2000 Camp David Summit (section)

==Aftermath==
{{Main|The Clinton Parameters}}
In mid-October, Clinton and the parties held a summit in Sharm El Sheikh, resulting in a "Sharm memorandum" with understandings aimed at ending the violence and renewing security cooperation. From 18 to 23 December they held negotiations, followed by Clinton's presentation of his "[[The Clinton Parameters|parameters]]", in a last attempt to achieve peace in the Middle East before his second term ended in January 2001.<ref name=ProCon>ProCon, 30 April 2008, [http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000429 ''What were the 2000 Clinton parameters, and were they an acceptable solution?''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004234559/http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=000429 |date=4 October 2013 }}</ref> Although the official statements stated that both parties had accepted the Clinton Parameters with reservations,<ref name=USEmbassy>Embassy of the United States, Israel, 3 January 2001, [http://www.usembassy-israel.org.il/publish/peace/archives/2001/january/me0103b.html ''Excerpts: State Dept. spokesman on Mideast peace prospects (Both sides accept Clinton's parameters with reservations)''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721145451/http://www.usembassy-israel.org.il/publish/peace/archives/2001/january/me0103b.html |date=21 July 2011 }}. Statement and press conference with discussion.</ref> these reservations in fact meant that the parties had rejected the parameters on certain essential points. On 2 January 2001, the Palestinians put forward their acceptance with some fundamental objections. Barak accepted the parameters with a 20-page letter of reservations.<ref>Ari Shavit, [http://www.haaretz.com/continuation-of-eyes-wide-shut-1.35091 ''Continuation of Eyes wide shut''] (interview with Ehud Barak). Haaretz, 4 September 2002. (← [http://www.haaretz.com/eyes-wide-shut-1.35090 ''Eyes wide shut''])</ref> A Sharm el-Sheikh summit planned for 28 December did not take place.

Clinton's initiative led to the [[Taba summit|Taba negotiations]] in January 2001, where the two sides published a statement saying they had never been closer to agreement (though such issues as Jerusalem, the status of Gaza, and the Palestinian demand for compensation for refugees and their descendants remained unresolved), but Barak, facing elections, re-suspended the talks.<ref>MidEastWeb, [http://www.mideastweb.org/taba.htm ''The Taba Proposals and the Refugee Problem'']. Accessed 2013-07-06.  [https://web.archive.org/web/20130720002154/http://www.mideastweb.org/taba.htm Archived] 2013-07-11.</ref> [[Ehud Barak]] was to be defeated by [[Ariel Sharon]] in 2001.