Arafat never negotiated in good faith.
Arafat continued negotiations with Netanyahu's successor,
Ehud Barak, at the
Camp David 2000 Summit in July 2000. Due partly to his own politics (Barak was from the leftist
Labor Party, whereas Netanyahu was from the
rightist LikudParty) and partly due to insistence for compromise by President Clinton, Barak offered Arafat a Palestinian state in 73 percent of the West Bank and all of the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian percentage of sovereignty would extend to 90 percent over a ten- to twenty-five-year period. Also included in the offer was the return of a small number of refugees and compensation for those not allowed to return. Palestinians would also have "custodianship" over the
Temple Mount, sovereignty on all Islamic and Christian holy sites, and three of Jerusalem's four Old City quarters. Arafat rejected Barak's offer and refused to make an immediate counter-offer.
[97] He told President Clinton that, "the Arab leader who would surrender Jerusalem is not born yet."
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