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The Collapse of U.S. Policy in the Middle East |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / ESSAYS |
| Author: Stephen Blank |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2001 |
| Size: 3,861 Words, 25,491 Characters |
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However one assesses Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount on September 28, the Palestinian authorities knew of the visit in advance and guaranteed there would be no trouble. Instead, as they now admit, they welcomed it, for it gave Arafat the pretext to launch this war to secure terms that he could not get through negotiation or foreign pressure. vbcrlf At the earlier Camp David negotiations in the summer of 2000, Arafat received offers and concessions that went far beyond what Israeli politics could seemingly have accepted or what he could have hoped for realistically. Yet Arafat rejected these concessions and agreed to nothing else--neither Jerusalem, nor settlements, nor refugees. Thus it was not just Jerusalem that torpedoed the Camp ...
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... discouraged. Rather than choose peace and democracy, Arafat and his allies have chosen war and hatred. Israel and the United States should act together to make sure that they never get to make another similar choice. vbcrlf The views expressed here do not in any way reflect or represent those of the U.S. Army, Defense Department, or the U.S. government vbcrlf
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