[xm177e2]

"It wasn't all that long ago where a summit was called and nothing happened, and as a result we had significant intefadeh in the area," Bush told Britain's ITV network in an interview taped for his weekend talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair

This isn't fair to Clinton. Arafat had the whole thing planned in advance anyway. What Clinton did wrong was to not condemn Arafat for his treachery.

[Tom Jefferson]

This isn't fair to Clinton. Arafat had the whole thing planned in advance anyway. What Clinton did wrong was to not condemn Arafat for his treachery.

One of the things which, in hindsight we can see, is that Clinton should have had some idea of whether a deal was possible with Arafat before holding a summit.

[gumbo]

Didn't the current intifadeh (however that's spelled) start right after the collapse of the last "summit," where Clinton tried to force Barak and Arafat into an agreement?

Some critics say Clinton's rushing the process (so as to get a legacy-enhancing PR coup before the end of his presidency) directly resulted in the disastrous chain of events.

[AlGone2001]

This isn't fair to Clinton. Arafat had the whole thing planned in advance anyway. What Clinton did wrong was to not condemn Arafat for his treachery.

This has everything to do with Clinton having his eye on the Nobel eace Prize, instead of the nation's peace.

His conceit is apparant by his lack of handling over the issue.

[lepton]

This isn't fair to Clinton. Arafat had the whole thing planned in advance anyway. What Clinton did wrong was to not condemn Arafat for his treachery.

This starts with the abomination of the Oslo Accords - a secretly negotiated deal between individuals, rather than between the countries they would affect.