Camp David 2000: The Real Story --or how Judeofascists failed to cheat the Palestinians of full-fledged sovereignty over East Jerusalem...
The myth of Camp David: part of the US-Israeli disinformation campaign
By Chris Marsden
19 April 2002
wsws.org
Excerpt:
The first to speak out was Robert Malley, the US National Security Council's Middle East expert under Clinton and a member of the American team at Camp David.
He wrote an initial article for the July 8, 2001 edition of The New York Times, "Fictions About the Failure at Camp David," in which he rejected a number of myths, including the assertion that Barak had all but sacrificed Israel's security by making an offer that "met most, if not all, of the Palestinians' legitimate aspirations."
Malley wrote, "[...] In Jerusalem, Palestine would have been given sovereignty over many Arab neighborhoods of the eastern half and over the Muslim and Christian quarters of the Old City. While it would enjoy custody over the Haram al Sharif [Noble sanctuary], the location of the third-holiest Muslim shrine [the Al Aqsa Mosque], Israel would exercise overall sovereignty over this area, known to Jews as the Temple Mount."
He also acknowledged major concessions on the part of the Palestinians:
"The Palestinians were arguing for the creation of a Palestinian state based on the June 4, 1967, borders, living alongside Israel. They accepted the notion of Israeli annexation of West Bank territory to accommodate settlement blocs. They accepted the principle of Israeli sovereignty over the Jewish neighborhoods of East Jerusalem-neighborhoods that were not part of Israel before the Six Day War in 1967. And, while they insisted on recognition of the refugees' right of return, they agreed that it should be implemented in a manner that protected Israel's demographic and security interests by limiting the number of returnees. No other Arab party that has negotiated with Israel-not Anwar el-Sadat's Egypt, not King Hussein's Jordan, let alone Hafez al-Assad's Syria-ever came close to even considering such compromises."
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