In July 1991 at Stanford University, Dr. Harold H. (Hal) Saunders first announced the birth of the citizen-to-citizen "public peace process" as defined in the newly-signed FRAMEWORK FOR A PUBLIC PEACE PROCESS.
This landmark document represented the first time Israelis and Palestinians signed a comprehensive agreement. Although non-binding, it served as a model for future proposals.
The Framework's historical relevance is also in its clarification that
governments cannot move ahead of the people, who must have in place citizen-to-citizen relationships and cooperative models that dignify both peoples, reduce fear, increase confidence, and demonstrate to both peoples what successful, sustained relationships look like.
The signed, archival document is at traubman.igc.org/ppp.pdf
More about Hal Saunders (1930-2016) is at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_H._Saunders
