Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, visiting in Israel, will pay his respects at the gravesite of Yitzchak Rabin this morning. Ben Gurion University President Itamar Rabinovitch, who was Israel\'s Ambassador to Israel during the Clinton years, awarded him an honorary doctorate in recognition of the \"the widespread and deep friendship for Israel within [his] Administration\" and for his \"contribution to peace in the Middle East.\"
Clinton, speaking at the University last night, said that Arafat had missed a \"golden opportunity\" in Camp David in the summer of 2000. \"The problem is,\" he said, \"that there are some people who appear to be happy with the terrorism and destruction. I know that young Palestinians are proud to die. No one was courageous enough to tell them that they would better serve their nation by coming to a realistic compromise… We all want a thriving Palestinian state - but they must keep their part of the Oslo Agreement, namely, peace for generations and no terrorism.\" Clinton will lunch this afternoon with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, whose Likud party resolved last week not to accept any form of a Palestinian state west of the Jordan River.
Clinton, speaking at the University last night, said that Arafat had missed a \"golden opportunity\" in Camp David in the summer of 2000. \"The problem is,\" he said, \"that there are some people who appear to be happy with the terrorism and destruction. I know that young Palestinians are proud to die. No one was courageous enough to tell them that they would better serve their nation by coming to a realistic compromise… We all want a thriving Palestinian state - but they must keep their part of the Oslo Agreement, namely, peace for generations and no terrorism.\" Clinton will lunch this afternoon with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, whose Likud party resolved last week not to accept any form of a Palestinian state west of the Jordan River.