Is peace still possible between Israel and Palestine, 25 years after the first Oslo accord?
Former
diplomat François LaRochelle, who once participated in the peace process,
reflects on events since that optimistic time in 1993.
François LaRochelle
Fellow, Institut d’études internationales de Montréal (UQÀM)
François LaRochelle is a former Canadian diplomat. Abroad he was posted in Cairo (twice), Damascus as well as Vienna (OSCE) and Brussels. In Ottawa he worked in various sectors in the department of Foreign Affairs including the Middle-East. He was Director for relations with the Cabinet before joining the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat of the Privy Council. He now lives in Montreal and is a fellow of the Institut d’études internationales de Montréal of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM).
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