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To: neolib who wrote (228731)	4/25/2007 10:17:28 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Then why didn't anyone actually draw a map. Instead they kicked about numbers The Israelis had maps in the early stages of the negotiations. But as Ross and Ben Ami are at considerable pains to explain, showing maps to Arafat proved counter-productive. He would never concede ANYTHING except verbally. Show him a map, and he only made NEW demands. Clinton and Barak said the same. Agha and Malley never contradicted this point. 100% of the maps shown were made up after the fact by people recalling what they thought the intentions were Dennis Ross is not "people" - he was the chief American negotiator on the scene who was responsible for translating Clinton's proposals into maps. Go read his book.