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A President's Inconvenient Palestinian Facts

JL;DR SUMMARY Michael Golden explores the complex history of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, focusing on President Bill Clinton's reflections on the failed Oslo Accords negotiations where Yasser Arafat ultimately rejected a significant peace proposal. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Oslo AccordsEhud BarakYasser ArafatHamasMiddle EastPalestiniansPeace ProcessActivismBill Clinton

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Twenty-five years ago, on the very first day I ever spent in Israel, I sang Hatikvah with other Jews at Independence Hall in Tel Aviv."
Oslo, Norway
"President Bill Clinton was meeting one last time in Oslo, Norway with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat."
Israel
"What so many of the protesters today do not understand is that there are millions of Jews who also want a better life for Palestinians."
Palestinian Territories
"Because Arafat declined peace at that last moment, the strife between Palestinians and Israelis continued."
Egypt
"If you take a look at the countries in the Middle East that have made peace or normalized relations with Israel, youll see states that have taken a pragmatic approach that will best economically benefit their peoples: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates."
Jordan
"If you take a look at the countries in the Middle East that have made peace or normalized relations with Israel, youll see states that have taken a pragmatic approach that will best economically benefit their peoples: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates."
Morocco
"If you take a look at the countries in the Middle East that have made peace or normalized relations with Israel, youll see states that have taken a pragmatic approach that will best economically benefit their peoples: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates."
Bahrain
"If you take a look at the countries in the Middle East that have made peace or normalized relations with Israel, youll see states that have taken a pragmatic approach that will best economically benefit their peoples: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates."
Sudan
"If you take a look at the countries in the Middle East that have made peace or normalized relations with Israel, youll see states that have taken a pragmatic approach that will best economically benefit their peoples: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates."
United Arab Emirates
"If you take a look at the countries in the Middle East that have made peace or normalized relations with Israel, youll see states that have taken a pragmatic approach that will best economically benefit their peoples: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates."

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