Every indexed document

but with even greater feeling. “You’re smarter than I

it was important not to make things worse. A

000 Israeli settlers on the West Bank instead of nearly

the list of questions assumed Israel would

but which I’d never thought were expected at this stage

the President blew up. Far from the “bottom lines” he’d

the document said: “I understand that such an agreement constitutes

but to a Palestinian state on the West Bank and

with an Israeli security zone for 12 years

such as the “right of return” and formal agreement to

and proceeded to outline the kind of peace we could accept

formal talks with the Palestinians in the

nearly all Israelis viewed the city as not just our

” Arafat was insisting that could come only after the terms of whatever

which appeared to bother the President much less than

a figure he now told me that he was assuming would end up at

and let them know that there will be a heavy price should they attack any of

we will have the power to stand together

and territory which we suggested would go to

” I replied. “Not when Arafat is simply holding firm and not showing a