The Therapy Sessions
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Arafat's marginalization
Mideast Realism
It is instructive - and wonderful - how few and optional have been references to Yasser Arafat in discussions of Wednesday's developments. In a life of terror, his only service to peace was his demonstration, at Camp David in July 2000 with President Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, that the most that Israel could ever offer in the way of concessions is less than the current Palestinian leadership will accept.