Benny Morris on the "Generous Offer" and Arafat's "Refusal" (via DY)
This article by a "radical historian" simply reiterates the myth of Barak's "generous offer" and how there is no one sensible in Palestine who Israel can negotiate with. Uri Avnery and others have trenchantly criticised this conception and it should not retain currency in serious (ie, non-corporate) media. As Avnery has said, both Assad and Arafat would sign in an instant if Israel offered the same terms they offered Sadat, ie the return of Sadat's territory, every last centimetre of it. The inability of the media, of Israelis (including government officials), and of the West to understand this is crippling the efforts to make peace.

Benny Morris on the "Generous Offer" and Arafat's "Refusal" (via DY)
This article by a "radical historian" simply reiterates the myth of Barak's "generous offer" and how there is no one sensible in Palestine who Israel can negotiate with. Uri Avnery and others have trenchantly criticised this conception and it should not retain currency in serious (ie, non-corporate) media. As Avnery has said, both Assad and Arafat would sign in an instant if Israel offered the same terms they offered Sadat, ie the return of Sadat's territory, every last centimetre of it. The inability of the media, of Israelis (including government officials), and of the West to understand this is crippling the efforts to make peace.