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To: michael97123 who wrote (17811)	11/26/2003 12:01:45 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793620

What do you think? I claim no expertise on West Bank issues. One fact, though, keeps gnawing at me. At Camp David, Barak offered to dismantle a huge number of settlements, perhaps as many as 90% or more. Arafat rebuffed the offer without making a counter offer. There have been many articles written concerning the sufficiency of the offer made by Barak. None answer to my satisfaction the reason why Arafat never countered with a proposal more favorable to the Palestinians than the one Barak had made. Arafat was in control of the negotiations. I suspect that he could not live with an agreement, whatever its form, since it would have necessarily meant diminishing his personal role as leader of the Palestinians.