July 11, 2000 Camp David/ Yasser Arafat/ Ehud Barak

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat turned down President Bill Clinton’s offer of an independent Palestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem and an opening offer of $23 billion in aid. Arafat’s renewal of terrorist violence only reinforced this point.

Source: Rubin, Barry, “Hamastan,” The Wall Street Journal, June 15, 2007.