Comments on: Arafat at Camp David, From New Historian Jerome Slater

By: Richard Witty

Richard Witty — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Israelis assumption at the time was that the land was Israel's to dispense, that it was an act of generosity (rather than right or history) to acknowledge any sovereignty to Palestine.

That has changed in reality. The vast majority of Israelis and Americans hold the view now that Palestine exists with the same degree of authority as Israel. (I know that statement will bristle.)

I represents a change, a landing. Does it really matter whether jet turbines or propellers hold the plane up? To get to the next step.

By: saifedean

saifedean — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

As Lincoln said: You can fool all the people some of the time, some of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time.

The pro-Israel crazies of this country have tested his statement to the limit with their lies, but it's safe to say that American democracy is beginning to prove that it is robust enough to shrug this nonsense away. In 10 years' time, America will view garbage like Dennis Ross, Jeffrey Goldberg and Marty Peretz with the same respect, deferrence and admiration with which it views PW Botha, David Duke and Kevin Trudeau.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

I know this is pessimistic but we have had plenty of scholarly evidence that Arafat was not to blame for the failure of Camp David and yet this lie is still an accepted opinion, even repeated by elite members of the US.

More dissidents are welcome but Hillary still sprouts about "hateful Palestinian textbooks".