Arafat’s Moment of Truth

Arafat’s Moment of

The mood music after the failure of the Camp David talks is in a minor key, suspiciously soft and low. To be sure, Yasser Arafat marked his return home with a we-will-never-surrender-an-inch speech. The crazies, both Israeli and Palestinian, echoed him, with their mutually exclusive claims to Jerusalem. But where has Arafat been since? Doing what he loves and does best, flying around the world on his private jet in order to whisper into the ears of dignitaries and heads of state. Arafat is testing out the likely effects of accepting concessions from Israel that he refused at Camp David.

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David Pryce-Jones

David Pryce-Jones (1936–2025) was a British author and commentator and served as a senior editor of National Review.

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Arafat’s Moment of

The mood music after the failure of the Camp David talks is in a minor key, suspiciously soft and low. To be sure, Yasser Arafat marked his return home with a we-will-never-surrender-an-inch speech. The crazies, both Israeli and Palestinian, echoed him, with their mutually exclusive claims to Jerusalem. But where has Arafat been since? Doing what he loves and does best, flying around the world on his private jet in order to whisper into the ears of dignitaries and heads of state. Arafat is testing out the likely effects of accepting concessions from Israel that he refused at Camp David.