Palestinian Side
A very interesting Op-ed shedding some light on the Palestinian side of the current conflict. The piece would seem to take us from the 1993 Oslo accords to the present. It almost does this. Unfortunately, it omits entirely the negotiations between Arafat and Barak in which Arafat rejected a Palestinian state and after which began the second intifada. I have yet to find an explanation from the Palestinian side as to why Arafat did this and why it was justified. Moreover, directly on the heels of the failed negotiations, Arafat went back to his roots and took to violence. This is the question in the west. Why did Arafat reject a Palestinian stae in favor of violence?
- posted by levinson @ 4/02/2002 07:37:00 AM