The Camp David accords on autonomy were formulated and agreed upon without Palestinian input. Moreover, today's situation in terms of political thinking concerning the region differs from that of 1978. Palestinian aspirations remain the national goal of freedom and independence, which the concepts "self-rule" and "autonomy" do not satisfy: to equate autonomy with national authority is deceptive. Although the PLO's position in 1978 on the Camp David agreement represented, at the time, a consensus of Palestinian opinion, there are today new interpretations of the Accords, and there is no longer a consensus. During the seminar the following reference materials were distributed: Sobel, Lester A. (ed.) Peacemaking in the Middle East; Joseph Weiler Israel and the Creation of a Palestinian State; Ann Mosely Lesch and Mark Tessler Israel, Egypt and the Palestinians: From Camp David to Intifada; Mayer Gabay Legal Aspects of the Camp David Framework for Peace in Relation to the Autonomy Proposals; Yoram Dinstein (ed.) Models of Autonomy; Ruth Lapidoth The Camp David Process and the New U.S. Plan for the Middle East: A Legal Analysis; Moshe Drori Autonomy in Judea, Samaria and Gaza: Legal Aspects of Its Implementation; Daniel J. Elazar Autonomy, Some Considerations.