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and no basis for blocking it. When Shlomo

Haram al-Sharif – was part of Israel. The

I invited Arafat and his negotiating team to a

I got the answer only weeks after my return from the UN.

I believed at some point all our talk about an “end of

I agreed. I figured even Arafat might realize at some

based on Camp David though presumably with an even more generous

000 th anniversary of the birth of Christ “in Bethlehem

and neither of us can cross it alone.” Jerusalem

he should return to the negotiating table with Israel.

the globetrotting Arafat received an almost unanimous

to “declare” a Palestinian state unilaterally in mid-September.

in contravention of the final Camp David

emotional attachment to our historic capital. “Yitzhak would never have

Leah Rabin told an Israeli newspaper that her late husband would

and not just Likudniks. A couple of weeks

would require us not just to withdraw from the great majority of

all Israelis recognized what their political leaders

but hugely significant. A taboo had been

the ball was in the Palestinians’ court.