Peter Deutsch: “One of the things which has been pointed out by several of my colleagues is the Camp David agreement, where literally…”

“One of the things which has been pointed out by several of my colleagues is the Camp David agreement, where literally, Israel put on the table an offer which was far beyond any of the so-called red lines that Israel had ever talked about before, giving up the vast sections of Jerusalem, an independent state, giving up 98 percent of the area in the West Bank and Gaza and, in fact, equalizing the area, the other 2 percent, far beyond, actually the Temple Mount itself, the holiest place to Jews in the entire world. Literally, an offer on the table that was far beyond anything that any Israeli leader had ever talked about; in fact, something which, for those who follow Israeli politics understand could never have been approved by the Israeli Knesset. And Prime Minister Barak had actually said this and was ready to bring that proposal to the Israeli people, effectively a plebiscite, and it was unclear whether it would have passed, but it probably would have passed. When that offer was made and even enhanced at the Taba discussions, it was rejected by Chairman Arafat and the Palestinians.”