18/02/2026 11:37

---

He was growing impatient over the peace process with Arafat, and was unsure whether their differences over Jerusalem could be resolved. I had carried his district by a large majority in 1996, but a vocal minority of his constituents had apparently put a lot of heat on him. We had a big, enthusiastic early-morning crowd. The people who lived in Washington’s inner city were often forgotten by Congress and the White House, d

They got some votes by depriving moderates of the chance to vote for censure, then telling them that since they w Now if we were going to get this done, Arafat had some compromising of his own to do on concrete matters: H t, an end to the Palestinian claim to an unlimited right of return to Israel, and a declaration that the conflict was over. When put back together, it said, “I was not meant for the job in the spotlight of public life in Washington.