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assuming that Arafat was willing to move toward us on

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

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

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

negotiations while Arafat hadn’t moved a

we at least had to know whether Arafat was interested in

the globetrotting Arafat received an almost unanimous

I agreed. I figured even Arafat might realize at some

I invited Arafat and his negotiating team to a

Arafat at first simply lied. He said the

null and void. The package Arafat had ultimately

and the terrible human cost from Arafat’s choice of violence

/ BARAK / 45 responsibility to support the other. With President Clinton looking on, I steered Arafat toward the window of the ambassador’s fifth-floor apartment. “Look down,” I said. “Imagine that we each have parachutes, and we’re going to jump together. But I have my hand on...

year before. “We signed a three-phase contract with Arafat,” I said. “Try to imagine one of you selling me three pieces of property. If I fail to pay for the first one on time, you might not immediately cancel the contract. You might even be ready to help me collect the necessary...

Tunisia. Arafat himself left on August 30. Still, as the evacuation proceeded, another one of Arik’s central aims in Big Pines was also achieved. On August 23, the Lebanese parliament elected Bashir Gemayel as the country’s new president. During the several weeks that followed,...