16 Oct 2024 4:13 pm
jerrab » 16 Oct 2024, 4:08 pm » wrote: ↑ -------------------------------------------
From 1983 to 1993, Arafat based himself in Tunisia, and began to shift his approach from open conflict with the Israelis to negotiation. In 1988, he acknowledged Israel's right to exist and sought a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
So if he wanted peace, THEN WHY THE HELL DID HE WALK AWAY FROM THE PEACE DEAL HE WAS OFFERED? TWICE!Pres. Clinton: Arafat Turned Down Major Last-Minute Israeli Concessions in 2000by TheTower.org Staff | 05.05.14
In a speech last week at Georgetown University, former President Bill Clinton said that Israel and the Palestinians were extremely close to an agreement at the Camp David summit in 2000, when Yasser Arafat refused to close the deal that was offered to him.According to Clinton, Arafat insisted that a narrow strip of land on the Temple Mount be included in the deal, and walked away when Israel refused to add that to the other far-reaching concessions it was prepared to make.
This wouldn’t be the first time that Mahmoud Abbas refused to come to an agreement with Israel. In 2008, then-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made a peace offer to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and never heard back.