Some commentators are saying that Arafat and the Palestinians
had a
chance to reach a peace agreement at Camp David last year which
they
rejected. What was the precise details of the agreement and do you
feel that Arafat should have accepted the offer?
Palestinians have
frequently been compelled by American brokerage to sign agreements
which were anything but favourable to them, only to find that Israel
still did not keep to its undertakings. The settlement policy, for
example, continues unabated. A Palestinian Bantustan is no solution
to redress the injustices of Israeli occupation and apartheid
policies. And what all the negotiations conveniently forget is that
for Muslims the future of Jerusalem is more important than some
so-called Palestinian state whether with or without sovereignty.
Muslims will not be prepared to give up claims on Jerusalem, even if
Arafat will.
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