Word: barakã
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...only to see the “intransigent” Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat decline a deal at the eleventh hour (because, by most accounts, Palestinians would receive only limited sovereignty over East Jerusalem). Undeniably, East Jerusalem carries great religious and symbolic significance to both sides. But Barak??s “concessions” only meant inching closer to Israel’s obligations under Resolution 242 after 34 years of the (illegal) status quo. Arafat’s “intransigence” amounts to insisting upon the letter of international law?...