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BAKER PLAN

A five-point plan, presented in November 1989 by U.S. secretary of state James Baker, in an attempt to facilitate an Israeli-Palestinian dialogue. In September, Egypt and Israel had discussed several peace proposals that foundered over the issue of par-ticipation by the Palestine Liberation Organization. Baker's five-point plan proposed that an Israeli delegation conduct a dialogue with a Palestinian del-egation in Cairo; that Egypt consult with the Pales-tinians on all aspects of the dialogue; that Israel attend the dialogue only after a satisfactory list of Palestinians had been established; that Israel's partic-ipation would be based on its 14 May initiative re-garding elections and negotiations concerning the West Bank and Gaza; and that the foreign ministers of Israel, Egypt, and the United States meet to facili-tate the process. Israel's National Unity government fell in March 1990 in a vote of no confidence precipi-tated by disagreement over the Baker initiative. In June 1990, Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir formed a new government, which rejected the Baker Plan.

SEE ALSO Gaza Strip;West Bank.

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