Clinton clearly got Arafat the best possible deal from Israel and this ineffecual and duplicitous "leader" blew the opportunity. Only naieve "all people are nice guys and rational" worldview people believe folks like Arafat are not predominantly duplicitous. This same mentality advocates negotiations with Al Queada.

No wonder Clinton was frustrated that the world missed this hard won opportunity. Clinton is correct in his view that it now has to be up to the next generation of Palestinian (and Israeli) leaders to solve this. I view the problem as intractable in that both cling to specific spots of land as "holy", belonging to THEIR ancestors and can never give up on that. Northern Ireland is a much easier problem.

-philw