Home from Camp David
As Israelis and Palestinians return from their failed summit, the talk is more conducive to gunfire than further negotiation
THEIR return from Camp David was markedly different. Yasser Arafat came home a hero, absorbing praise for not having buckled to Israeli and American pressure. Ehud Barak came back to a crumbled government, angrily blaming the collapse of the 15-day summit on Mr Arafat. The Palestinian, he said, failed to make the “historic decisions necessary to end the conflict.”
This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline “Home from Camp David”
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