Every indexed document

the President of the United States and almost the entire

we at least had to know whether Arafat was interested in

I made the argument that if genuine peace was

it is true the summit had failed. But when I’d urged

there was a chorus of denunciation from rightwing

nineteen short of a majority. Amid the first

the defections from our coalition meant we’d been left

a few hours after he’d arrived. He told me he had sent an even

negotiations while Arafat hadn’t moved a

who were predictably in favour of her efforts

way of moving the summit along in Clinton’s absence. If Arafat had

mingling and joking with the Americans and Palestinians

any continued negotiating process seemed futile.

and there are a few things I’ve learned along the way. The

” he joked. “You’re certainly experienced in war

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