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Israelis were jaded about a 2-state solution with good reason long before Oct 7. They elected dovish Ehud Barak over Netanyahu in a LANDSLIDE in 1999 on his promise of “rapid progress toward peace.” Barak put it all on the line at Camp David 2000 - a Palestinian state... show more

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In 2000, a peace deal was offered for a two-state solution and a Palestinian state. Yasser Arafat said no with no counteroffer, and instead incited what became a bloody uprising known as the second intifada. Palestinian leaders need to choose peace over violence.

In 2000, a peace deal was offered for a two-state solution and a Palestinian state. Yasser Arafat said no with no counteroffer, and instead incited what became a bloody uprising known as the second intifada. Palestinian leaders need to choose peace over violence.

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Arafat walked away from Camp David without a counter-offer because he never wanted a state next to Israel. He wanted a state instead of Israel. Even after that rejection, Clinton made one final push with his parameters (Dec 2000/Jan 2001): a Palestinian state on ~97% of the West Bank (with swaps), all of Gaza, East Jerusalem as capital, and a limited right of return. From Clinton’s memoir My Life: “The Palestinians would give up the absolute right of return ... The Israelis would give up East Jerusalem and parts of the Old City ... It was a hard deal, but if they wanted peace, I thought it was fair to both sides.” Barak’s cabinet accepted them. Arab leaders urged Arafat to take it. He equivocated — and never said yes. By then the Second Intifada was already being planned. As PA Communications Minister Imad Falluji later admitted: “It was planned since Arafat’s return from Camp David…”

Arafat walked away from Camp David without a counter-offer because he never wanted a state next to Israel. He wanted a state instead of Israel. Even after that rejection, Clinton made one final push with his parameters (Dec 2000/Jan 2001): a Palestinian state on ~97% of the West Bank (with swaps), all of Gaza, East Jerusalem as capital, and a limited right of return. From Clinton’s memoir My Life: “The Palestinians would give up the absolute right of return ... The Israelis would give up East Jerusalem and parts of the Old City ... It was a hard deal, but if they wanted peace, I thought it was fair to both sides.” Barak’s cabinet accepted them. Arab leaders urged Arafat to take it. He equivocated — and never said yes. By then the Second Intifada was already being planned. As PA Communications Minister Imad Falluji later admitted: “It was planned since Arafat’s return from Camp David…”

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Bill Clinton: Young people know that a lot more Palestinians have been killed than Israelis & I tell them what Arafat walked away from; they can’t believe it…he walked away from a Palestinian state, with a capital in East Jerusalem, 96% of the West Bank…

Bill Clinton: Young people know that a lot more Palestinians have been killed than Israelis & I tell them what Arafat walked away from; they can’t believe it…he walked away from a Palestinian state, with a capital in East Jerusalem, 96% of the West Bank…

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This is what Arafat walked away from in late 2000-early 2001: A Palestinian state on roughly 94–96% of the West Bank (with 1–3% land swaps from Israel), and a capital in East Jerusalem under the Clinton Parameters. Bill Clinton himself has repeatedly described it as 96% of the West Bank plus 4% of Israel in swaps to compensate, with negotiations at Taba in January 2001 even discussing figures near 97%. Result: Arafat did not accept. Palestinian leaders are the ones responsible for their people's suffering. Every opportunity for peace and progress has been sabotaged by their obsession with destroying Israel instead of building a future for their own citizens.

This is what Arafat walked away from in late 2000-early 2001: A Palestinian state on roughly 94–96% of the West Bank (with 1–3% land swaps from Israel), and a capital in East Jerusalem under the Clinton Parameters. Bill Clinton himself has repeatedly described it as 96% of the West Bank plus 4% of Israel in swaps to compensate, with negotiations at Taba in January 2001 even discussing figures near 97%. Result: Arafat did not accept. Palestinian leaders are the ones responsible for their people's suffering. Every opportunity for peace and progress has been sabotaged by their obsession with destroying Israel instead of building a future for their own citizens.

ثنا ابراهیمی | Sana Ebrahimi

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This Day (May 10) in 1994, Yasser Arafat admitted the “peace process” was a farce. Just months after shaking Yitzhak Rabin’s hand on the White House lawn, Arafat stood in a mosque in Johannesburg & told the truth — in Arabic, to a Muslim audience, when he thought the West wasn’t listening. He openly declared the Oslo “peace” agreement was nothing more than a “tactical step” — a temporary truce, exactly like the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah that Muhammad used before conquering Mecca. He then called for “jihad to liberate Jerusalem.” This was not a slip of the tongue. This was the real Arafat when speaking in Arabic to a non-Western audience. From the moment he founded Fatah in the late 1950s, Arafat was a terrorist and a liar. His career was built on murder: plane hijackings, embassy sieges, the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, the Coastal Road massacre, the Achille Lauro hijacking, school bus bombings, and endless suicide attacks. The world desperately wanted to believe that giving him legitimacy, billions in aid, weapons, and territory would turn him into a statesman. Instead, it simply gave one of the 20th century’s most prolific terrorists a sovereign base, international respectability, and vast sums of money to enrich himself and his cronies. While Arafat played the peacemaker in English, he continued inciting, funding, and glorifying terror in Arabic. He rejected Ehud Barak’s offer of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital at Camp David in 2000 — then launched the Second Intifada, the bloodiest terror war Israel had ever seen. He was never interested in building a state. He was only interested in destroying the Jewish one — by terror, diplomacy, lying to/ideologically capturing the West, demographics, whatever worked. Arafat died a billionaire while his people remained in poverty, their suffering weaponized as propaganda. He was a cold-blooded murderer, a pathological liar, and a world-class kleptocrat to the very end. The Johannesburg speech was the real Yasser Arafat, and the West just kept looking the other way.

This Day (May 10) in 1994, Yasser Arafat admitted the “peace process” was a farce. Just months after shaking Yitzhak Rabin’s hand on the White House lawn, Arafat stood in a mosque in Johannesburg & told the truth — in Arabic, to a Muslim audience, when he thought the West wasn’t listening. He openly declared the Oslo “peace” agreement was nothing more than a “tactical step” — a temporary truce, exactly like the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah that Muhammad used before conquering Mecca. He then called for “jihad to liberate Jerusalem.” This was not a slip of the tongue. This was the real Arafat when speaking in Arabic to a non-Western audience. From the moment he founded Fatah in the late 1950s, Arafat was a terrorist and a liar. His career was built on murder: plane hijackings, embassy sieges, the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, the Coastal Road massacre, the Achille Lauro hijacking, school bus bombings, and endless suicide attacks. The world desperately wanted to believe that giving him legitimacy, billions in aid, weapons, and territory would turn him into a statesman. Instead, it simply gave one of the 20th century’s most prolific terrorists a sovereign base, international respectability, and vast sums of money to enrich himself and his cronies. While Arafat played the peacemaker in English, he continued inciting, funding, and glorifying terror in Arabic. He rejected Ehud Barak’s offer of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital at Camp David in 2000 — then launched the Second Intifada, the bloodiest terror war Israel had ever seen. He was never interested in building a state. He was only interested in destroying the Jewish one — by terror, diplomacy, lying to/ideologically capturing the West, demographics, whatever worked. Arafat died a billionaire while his people remained in poverty, their suffering weaponized as propaganda. He was a cold-blooded murderer, a pathological liar, and a world-class kleptocrat to the very end. The Johannesburg speech was the real Yasser Arafat, and the West just kept looking the other way.

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The UN Security Council votes in favor of a US resolution regarding Gaza peace plan that includes the deployment of an international force and a path to a future Palestinian state, with 13 in favor, 2 abstentions (China and Russia) and 0 against. The State of Palestine expressed its full readiness to cooperate with the U.S. Administration, members of the Security Council, Arab and Islamic states, the European Union and its member states, the United Nations, and all parties of the international coalition and partners in the New York Declaration. This cooperation aims to ensure implementation of the resolution in a way that ends the suffering of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem, and advances a political path toward peace, security, and stability between Palestinians and Israelis, based on a two-state solution grounded in international law and international legitimacy.

The UN Security Council votes in favor of a US resolution regarding Gaza peace plan that includes the deployment of an international force and a path to a future Palestinian state, with 13 in favor, 2 abstentions (China and Russia) and 0 against. The State of Palestine expressed its full readiness to cooperate with the U.S. Administration, members of the Security Council, Arab and Islamic states, the European Union and its member states, the United Nations, and all parties of the international coalition and partners in the New York Declaration. This cooperation aims to ensure implementation of the resolution in a way that ends the suffering of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem, and advances a political path toward peace, security, and stability between Palestinians and Israelis, based on a two-state solution grounded in international law and international legitimacy.

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"A two-State solution, Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace and security, with Jerusalem as the capital of both States – is not just a vision - it is a necessity." - António Guterres at the Summit of the League of Arab States in Baghdad

"A two-State solution, Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace and security, with Jerusalem as the capital of both States – is not just a vision - it is a necessity." - António Guterres at the Summit of the League of Arab States in Baghdad

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in his speech to the UN today: "In 1993, we signed the Oslo Accords and recognized the State of Israel. We renounced violence and terrorism, and embraced a culture of peace to build a Palestinian state living in peace side by side with the State of Israel. But Israel has not honored its commitments."

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in his speech to the UN today: "In 1993, we signed the Oslo Accords and recognized the State of Israel. We renounced violence and terrorism, and embraced a culture of peace to build a Palestinian state living in peace side by side with the State of Israel. But Israel has not honored its commitments."

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If you are an American who is being fed lie after lie that Israel is manipulating the United States, and then Tucker Carlson brings on a guest who claims that America supports Israel unconditionally, even against its own interests, you have the right to be enraged. But please, listen carefully to the guest’s answer when Tucker asked him to name a single example of the U.S. prioritizing Israel’s interests over its own. He had none. So he brought up the two-state solution. I’m not going to get into the full debate about the two-state solution here and why it doesn't work, you can go through my writings for that, but I wanna respond to this man’s lie with a direct quote from President Bill Clinton after Israel agreed to 2SS and The Palestinians walked away: “Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat walked away from [a peace deal]… That deal would have given Palestinians a state with a capital in East Jerusalem, 96% of the West Bank, and 100% of Gaza… the ball was in Arafat’s court.” Bill Clinton Tucker Carlson think he is defending the U.S. While serving the Islamic narrative and empowering the enemies of America.

If you are an American who is being fed lie after lie that Israel is manipulating the United States, and then Tucker Carlson brings on a guest who claims that America supports Israel unconditionally, even against its own interests, you have the right to be enraged. But please, listen carefully to the guest’s answer when Tucker asked him to name a single example of the U.S. prioritizing Israel’s interests over its own. He had none. So he brought up the two-state solution. I’m not going to get into the full debate about the two-state solution here and why it doesn't work, you can go through my writings for that, but I wanna respond to this man’s lie with a direct quote from President Bill Clinton after Israel agreed to 2SS and The Palestinians walked away: “Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat walked away from [a peace deal]… That deal would have given Palestinians a state with a capital in East Jerusalem, 96% of the West Bank, and 100% of Gaza… the ball was in Arafat’s court.” Bill Clinton Tucker Carlson think he is defending the U.S. While serving the Islamic narrative and empowering the enemies of America.

Dan Burmawi

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I’ve long backed a two-state solution. But believing it’s possible after Oct. 7 without first uprooting the radicalization in Gaza & the West Bank is fantasy. Peace will only be possible after the culture of death in Palestinian society comes to an end. Interview on Sky News.

I’ve long backed a two-state solution. But believing it’s possible after Oct. 7 without first uprooting the radicalization in Gaza & the West Bank is fantasy. Peace will only be possible after the culture of death in Palestinian society comes to an end. Interview on Sky News.

Yaakov Katz

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In 2000 US Dem Prez Clinton and #Israel Left PM Barak offered Arafat a Palestinian state (see video) on 1967 territory. Arafat turned it down. In 2007, US Republication Prez Bush and Israeli Right PM Olmert offered Abbas a Palestinian state on 1967 territory. Abbas turned it down. In 2014, perceiving of himself as a gifted diplomat, US John Kerry (who got Tehran a favorable nuke deal) and Dem Prez Obama again offered Abbas a Palestinian state on 1967 territory. Abbas turned it down. Obama said: We can’t want peace more than the parties involved. Why Blinken thinks Abbas will accept a Palestinian state, and be able to govern it (not lose it to terrorist Hamas like he did Gaza in 2007) is like beating a dead horse. Video Transcript: “I killed myself to give the Palestinians a state. I had a deal they turned down that would have given them all of Gaza... between 96 and 97% of the West Bank, compensating land in Israel, you name it." Bill Clinton, May 13, 2016, Ewing Township, New Jersey

In 2000 US Dem Prez Clinton and #Israel Left PM Barak offered Arafat a Palestinian state (see video) on 1967 territory. Arafat turned it down. In 2007, US Republication Prez Bush and Israeli Right PM Olmert offered Abbas a Palestinian state on 1967 territory. Abbas turned it down. In 2014, perceiving of himself as a gifted diplomat, US John Kerry (who got Tehran a favorable nuke deal) and Dem Prez Obama again offered Abbas a Palestinian state on 1967 territory. Abbas turned it down. Obama said: We can’t want peace more than the parties involved. Why Blinken thinks Abbas will accept a Palestinian state, and be able to govern it (not lose it to terrorist Hamas like he did Gaza in 2007) is like beating a dead horse. Video Transcript: “I killed myself to give the Palestinians a state. I had a deal they turned down that would have given them all of Gaza... between 96 and 97% of the West Bank, compensating land in Israel, you name it." Bill Clinton, May 13, 2016, Ewing Township, New Jersey

Hussain Abdul-Hussain

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Palestinian leaders long ago agreed to a historic compromise: a state in the West Bank and Gaza, which is just 22% of Palestinians' stolen homeland. Israel, committed to supremacy, refused that Palestinian compromise. That's why Israel used the so-called "peace process" to expand its illegal settlements in the West Bank; enlisted the Palestinian Authority as a subcontractor for occupation; and has carried out mass murder in Gaza.

Palestinian leaders long ago agreed to a historic compromise: a state in the West Bank and Gaza, which is just 22% of Palestinians' stolen homeland. Israel, committed to supremacy, refused that Palestinian compromise. That's why Israel used the so-called "peace process" to expand its illegal settlements in the West Bank; enlisted the Palestinian Authority as a subcontractor for occupation; and has carried out mass murder in Gaza.

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Ehud Olmert, former PM of Israel, "It depends on one person, Donald Trump. If he decides it has to end, it will end" Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Is the question of a Palestinian state on anyone's agenda in Israel?" #C4News Ehud Olmert, "It's on my agenda, and on the agenda of quite a few Israelis, but not on the Israeli government's agenda" "The creation of a Palestinian state is not a present to the Palestinians and it's not a punishment to the state of Israel" "It's in the interest of the state of Israel" "The creation of a Palestinian state, we need just as much as they need" "Because on a recognition of the Palestinian right for sovereignty and independence will start a process reconciliation, which is essential for the atmosphere of peace" "I don't lose hope. It is stop possible. Practical. And doable"

Ehud Olmert, former PM of Israel, "It depends on one person, Donald Trump. If he decides it has to end, it will end" Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Is the question of a Palestinian state on anyone's agenda in Israel?" #C4News Ehud Olmert, "It's on my agenda, and on the agenda of quite a few Israelis, but not on the Israeli government's agenda" "The creation of a Palestinian state is not a present to the Palestinians and it's not a punishment to the state of Israel" "It's in the interest of the state of Israel" "The creation of a Palestinian state, we need just as much as they need" "Because on a recognition of the Palestinian right for sovereignty and independence will start a process reconciliation, which is essential for the atmosphere of peace" "I don't lose hope. It is stop possible. Practical. And doable"

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🚨CLINTON DROPS THE MIC: “I KILLED MYSELF TRYING TO GIVE PALESTINIANS A STATE… THEY TURNED IT ALL DOWN”🚨 Bill Clinton: “I killed myself trying to give the Palestinians a state. I had a deal they turned down that would have given them all of Gaza and 97% of the West Bank. You name it. They turned it all down.” This was the 2000 Camp David offer Arafat rejected. Decades later the pattern is the same: generous offers on the table, rejection, more violence. Peace has been available. Time and again it’s been refused. Many now say it’s clear — the goal isn’t a two-state solution. It’s the end of Israel and the elimination of the Jewish state. Hard pill. But the record doesn’t lie. #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #History

🚨CLINTON DROPS THE MIC: “I KILLED MYSELF TRYING TO GIVE PALESTINIANS A STATE… THEY TURNED IT ALL DOWN”🚨 Bill Clinton: “I killed myself trying to give the Palestinians a state. I had a deal they turned down that would have given them all of Gaza and 97% of the West Bank. You name it. They turned it all down.” This was the 2000 Camp David offer Arafat rejected. Decades later the pattern is the same: generous offers on the table, rejection, more violence. Peace has been available. Time and again it’s been refused. Many now say it’s clear — the goal isn’t a two-state solution. It’s the end of Israel and the elimination of the Jewish state. Hard pill. But the record doesn’t lie. #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #History

Reverend Jordan Wells

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See this: a Palestinian policeman gives out candy as part of the wild celebrations of the massacre that was perpetrated by a Palestinian terrorist in Jerusalem on Friday, in which 7 Israelis were murdered. Mass celebrations of the massacre were held all over the West Bank & Gaza

See this: a Palestinian policeman gives out candy as part of the wild celebrations of the massacre that was perpetrated by a Palestinian terrorist in Jerusalem on Friday, in which 7 Israelis were murdered. Mass celebrations of the massacre were held all over the West Bank & Gaza

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“All western allies believe that a two-state solution is the only long term viable solution.” The only way of getting peace in the Middle East is to create a Palestinian state and “stop the fighting straight away”, says Times columnist Michael Binyon.

“All western allies believe that a two-state solution is the only long term viable solution.” The only way of getting peace in the Middle East is to create a Palestinian state and “stop the fighting straight away”, says Times columnist Michael Binyon.

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The people watching the sunset here on the beach in Tel Aviv don’t know that, at this very spot, 25 years ago today, 21 teenagers were killed by terrorists as they arrived at the Dolphinarium nightclub, now replaced with this beachfront promenade. Exactly a year before, hoping for international acclaim, hapless Israeli PM Ehud Barak pulled the IDF out of the South Lebanon buffer zone they had held for 18 years. Hezbollah immediately planted its flag on the border, literally. Nasrallah came to the border to declare victory, famously noting that Israel was “weaker than a spider’s web.” Arafat took note, and so, weeks later, rejected the Clinton offer at Camp David that would have brought about a Palestinian state. Two months after that, he began the campaign of terror that killed 1,000 Israelis. Twenty-five years later, a new generation of Israelis is back in Lebanon, still cleaning up the mess the hasty pullout from Lebanon precipitated.

The people watching the sunset here on the beach in Tel Aviv don’t know that, at this very spot, 25 years ago today, 21 teenagers were killed by terrorists as they arrived at the Dolphinarium nightclub, now replaced with this beachfront promenade. Exactly a year before, hoping for international acclaim, hapless Israeli PM Ehud Barak pulled the IDF out of the South Lebanon buffer zone they had held for 18 years. Hezbollah immediately planted its flag on the border, literally. Nasrallah came to the border to declare victory, famously noting that Israel was “weaker than a spider’s web.” Arafat took note, and so, weeks later, rejected the Clinton offer at Camp David that would have brought about a Palestinian state. Two months after that, he began the campaign of terror that killed 1,000 Israelis. Twenty-five years later, a new generation of Israelis is back in Lebanon, still cleaning up the mess the hasty pullout from Lebanon precipitated.

Saul Sadka

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Robert Malley on the myth of “Palestinians walked away” at Camp David (July 2000): ➤ Malley says the popular story pushed since 2000 – that Arafat rejected a “generous offer” – is contradicted by the actual record. Israeli PM Barak sidelined the Palestinians for a year, expanded settlements, pursued Syria first, then at the last-minute dragged Arafat to a “pressure cooker” summit entirely on U.S.–Israeli terms. ➤ There was no map, no detailed offer, and Palestinians were asked to surrender their final claims regarding Jerusalem, refugees, borders in exchange for vague promises from leaders who were weeks from leaving office. ➤ Malley warns the revival of this disingenuous narrative after Oct. 7 is being used to justify Israel’s genocide (including by figures like Hillary Clinton). And he emphasizes Camp David wasn’t the end: negotiations continued at Taba, until Israel’s Barak cut them off to face elections. (From Harvard Kennedy School Middle East Dialogue Series)

Robert Malley on the myth of “Palestinians walked away” at Camp David (July 2000): ➤ Malley says the popular story pushed since 2000 – that Arafat rejected a “generous offer” – is contradicted by the actual record. Israeli PM Barak sidelined the Palestinians for a year, expanded settlements, pursued Syria first, then at the last-minute dragged Arafat to a “pressure cooker” summit entirely on U.S.–Israeli terms. ➤ There was no map, no detailed offer, and Palestinians were asked to surrender their final claims regarding Jerusalem, refugees, borders in exchange for vague promises from leaders who were weeks from leaving office. ➤ Malley warns the revival of this disingenuous narrative after Oct. 7 is being used to justify Israel’s genocide (including by figures like Hillary Clinton). And he emphasizes Camp David wasn’t the end: negotiations continued at Taba, until Israel’s Barak cut them off to face elections. (From Harvard Kennedy School Middle East Dialogue Series)

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Miriam Adelson is one of a handful of "Israel First Americans". She donated over $200 million to get Trump elected, but with a caveat: moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing it as Israel's capital, and supporting Israel land theft in the West Bank.

Miriam Adelson is one of a handful of "Israel First Americans". She donated over $200 million to get Trump elected, but with a caveat: moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing it as Israel's capital, and supporting Israel land theft in the West Bank.

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What if an Allied soldier were caught on video taking a sledgehammer to a Hitler monument? How would Americans react? I imagine there would be claps on the back, perhaps even applause. After all, that’s his job. So imagine the outrage among Israelis after an Israeli soldier, caught on camera destroying a monument to Yasser Arafat, was punished with a suspension. This may sound extreme to Western ears, but you must understand who Arafat is to Israelis. The world’s memory of Arafat is the Arab man in fatigues, wrapped in a white and black keffiyeh shaking hands with Yitzhak Rabin on the White House lawn, but Israel’s memory is longer. Israelis remember the thirty years before—and the ten years after—the Middle East’s version of Chamberlain’s “peace in our time.” Let’s begin before the handshake. From the birth of the PLO in 1965 until its supposed “moderation” in 1993, Arafat was the smiling face behind every infiltration, every bombing, every hijacking that plagued Israel. Arafat was Israel’s arch-terrorist, responsible for more Jewish deaths than anyone between Hitler and Sinwar. Arafat was also the first “foreign leader” to visit Israel’s current arch-enemy, the Islamic Republic, after the revolution. The meeting between radical secularists and radical zealots was made warm by their mutual aim: the destruction of Israel. One operative in his PLO, Anis Naccache, even claims credit for proposing the idea that later became the IRGC. Then came the First Intifada and the secret discussions that led to the White House lawn. Rabin initially refused to extend his hand to Arafat and required Bill Clinton to nudge him into initiating the handshake. Rabin’s pained expression tells much about Israel’s perception of the terrorist, and he would later recall being physically ill at the act. But the picture came out clean, and the world cemented Arafat in its consciousness as a moderate. Then the peace process. He raised Israel’s hopes to unprecedented heights only to walk away from the table and, at least in Israeli memory, reward their efforts at peace with a years-long rolling October 7. Buses and hotels exploded across Israel. Thousands of innocents were killed in the Second Intifada. All the while, the once “partner in peace” sat in his compound in Ramallah, watching his bloody creation. In an image representative of Israel’s complex relationship with the man, then–Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sat in his office beneath a photograph of Arafat shaking Rabin’s hand while shouting orders to besiege his Ramallah compound during Operation Defensive Shield in 2002. That brings us to today. Whatever one may think about the desecration of monuments, Israelis saw something different. Much like an Allied soldier smashing a Hitler monument, what Israelis saw was the IDF doing its job: eliminating terrorists. To read the rest of today's newsletter click here.

What if an Allied soldier were caught on video taking a sledgehammer to a Hitler monument? How would Americans react? I imagine there would be claps on the back, perhaps even applause. After all, that’s his job. So imagine the outrage among Israelis after an Israeli soldier, caught on camera destroying a monument to Yasser Arafat, was punished with a suspension. This may sound extreme to Western ears, but you must understand who Arafat is to Israelis. The world’s memory of Arafat is the Arab man in fatigues, wrapped in a white and black keffiyeh shaking hands with Yitzhak Rabin on the White House lawn, but Israel’s memory is longer. Israelis remember the thirty years before—and the ten years after—the Middle East’s version of Chamberlain’s “peace in our time.” Let’s begin before the handshake. From the birth of the PLO in 1965 until its supposed “moderation” in 1993, Arafat was the smiling face behind every infiltration, every bombing, every hijacking that plagued Israel. Arafat was Israel’s arch-terrorist, responsible for more Jewish deaths than anyone between Hitler and Sinwar. Arafat was also the first “foreign leader” to visit Israel’s current arch-enemy, the Islamic Republic, after the revolution. The meeting between radical secularists and radical zealots was made warm by their mutual aim: the destruction of Israel. One operative in his PLO, Anis Naccache, even claims credit for proposing the idea that later became the IRGC. Then came the First Intifada and the secret discussions that led to the White House lawn. Rabin initially refused to extend his hand to Arafat and required Bill Clinton to nudge him into initiating the handshake. Rabin’s pained expression tells much about Israel’s perception of the terrorist, and he would later recall being physically ill at the act. But the picture came out clean, and the world cemented Arafat in its consciousness as a moderate. Then the peace process. He raised Israel’s hopes to unprecedented heights only to walk away from the table and, at least in Israeli memory, reward their efforts at peace with a years-long rolling October 7. Buses and hotels exploded across Israel. Thousands of innocents were killed in the Second Intifada. All the while, the once “partner in peace” sat in his compound in Ramallah, watching his bloody creation. In an image representative of Israel’s complex relationship with the man, then–Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sat in his office beneath a photograph of Arafat shaking Rabin’s hand while shouting orders to besiege his Ramallah compound during Operation Defensive Shield in 2002. That brings us to today. Whatever one may think about the desecration of monuments, Israelis saw something different. Much like an Allied soldier smashing a Hitler monument, what Israelis saw was the IDF doing its job: eliminating terrorists. To read the rest of today's newsletter click here.

Amit Segal

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