Initially, the Palestinians were included in a joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation, since Israel insisted that there be no separate Palestinian. However, the Palestinians refused to negotiate Palestinian issues within a Jordanian-Palestinian delegation. As a result, a situation dubbed “corridor diplomacy” arose in which the Palestinians preferred to say outside the negotiation room (in the corridors of the State Department). However, by January 15, 1992, separate negotiations began to take place between the Israeli and Palestinian delegations (Abbas1995:88; Ashrawi1995:161-168).