A proposal for permanent peace

Published November 17, 2004

When given a chance by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel, [Yasir] Arafat responded well by concluding the Oslo Agreement of 1993, which spelled out a mutually satisfactory relationship on geographical boundaries between Israel and the Palestinians. The resulting absence of serious violence by either side was broken when a Jewish nationalist assassinated Mr. Rabin. Mr. Arafat later rejected a proposal devised...