We didn’t need any more of them, but a small group was standing at a crossroads holding a big sign that said “Give us eight minutes and we’ll give you eight years!” We stopped. Everyone in Washington knew that, but the American people didn’t. The other five justices in the majority disagreed. Nearly a year after I left office, Arafat said he was ready to negotiate on the basis of the parameters I had presented.
ht and Dennis Ross accompanied me, with the National Security Council’s Rob Malley serving as notetaker. ey, and we were already in a hard fight for the economic plan, I felt we had no choice but to press ahead. Most of them had known each other and their counterparts on the other side for years, and the chemistry between the two groups was quite good. to fight, but to help the parties implement the peace plan, which served our strategic interests and advanced our fundamental values.
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