In the end, Arafat turned out to be stupid and venal even by islamist standards. The standard strategy of the islamic supremacists is to take what you're offered, ignore your part of the bargain, and continue to try to take more. When Arafat rejected 95% of Jerusalem over the right of return he must have alienated a bunch of his people. Why wouldn't he have just taken the city and had his people come back whether the Izzies liked it or not? (Reparations, that's why. It was all about the Benjamins.)
"out to be stupid and venal even by islamist standards. The standard strategy of the islamic supremacists is to take what you're offered, ignore your part of the bargain, and continue to try to take more."
Thats a very good point.