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The citation [100] here is Jimmy Carter's book, which not only does not support the wiki summary (Camp David was based on a proposal from Clinton--not Barak, an
by no_exit 3y ago
The citation [100] here is Jimmy Carter's book, which not only does not support the wiki summary (Camp David was based on a proposal from Clinton--not Barak, and Barak had "twenty pages of reservations" about the proposal himself), Carter also concludes:
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> There was no possibility that any Palestinian leader could accept such terms and survive, but official statements from Washington and Jerusalem were succesful in placing the entire onus for the failure on Yasir Arafat. Violence in the Holy Land continued.
In regards to the following talks at Taba, which perhaps the wiki is conflating with Camp David, Carter continues:
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> A new round of talks was held at Taba in January 2001, during the last few days of the Clinton presidency, between President Arafat and the Israeli foreign minister, and it was later claimed that the Palestinians rejected a "generous offer" put forward by Prime Minister Barak with Israel keeping only 5 percent of the West Bank. The fact is that no such offers were ever made.
[1]/[2] Jimmy Carter - Peace Not Apartheid (it's on Libgen, go look for yourself like I just did)