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On 9/17/24 19:56, NefeshBarYochai wrote:
On 9/17/24 19:56, NefeshBarYochai wrote:
As Israeli ministers, generals, and academics bay for a decisive new
phase in the war,
Just think of how things would be different if in 1947 the
Palestinians had accepted the UN and UK offered Partition Plan.
They would now have had over 75 years progress on their own
independent and free country. They could have used pipes
to build irrigation lines rather than rockets. They could
have used concrete to build resorts and hospitals and schools
rather than terrorist tunnels. But, no, sadly they sadly decided
they would not compromise and share the land. They decided
they needed to have it all for themselves. They decided to
fight.
Or, how about if they had decided to accept POTUS Bill Clinton's
2000 offer?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Camp_David_Summit#:~:text=The%20proposal%20demanded%20any%20territory,narrow%20strip%20of%20Israeli%20land.
"Clinton's initiative led to the Taba negotiations in January 2001,
where the two sides published a statement saying they had never been
closer to agreement
Clinton blamed Arafat after the failure of the talks, stating, "I regret
that in 2000 Arafat missed the opportunity to bring that nation into
being and pray for the day when the dreams of the Palestinian people for
a state and a better life will be realized in a just and lasting peace."
The failure to come to an agreement was widely attributed to Yasser
Arafat, as he walked away from the table without making a concrete counter-offer and because Arafat did little to quell the series of
Palestinian riots that began shortly after the summit.[56][57][58]
Arafat was also accused of scuttling the talks by Nabil Amr, a former
minister in the Palestinian Authority.[59] In My Life, Clinton wrote
that Arafat once complimented Clinton by telling him, "You are a great
man." Clinton responded, "I am not a great man. I am a failure, and you
made me one."[60]
Ross also quoted Saudi Prince Bandar as saying while negotiations were
taking place: "If Arafat does not accept what is available now, it won't
be a tragedy; it will be a crime."[62]
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