(Former Chief–of–Staff) Ehud Barak elected Prime Minister of Israel.
Within a year, will be a negotiating principal in Bill Clinton’s (ultimately unsuccessful) Camp David Summit in July 2000.
Barak makes comprehensive offer to Arafat, an offer having been worked–out with Clinton in arduous negotiations with Arafat…
With Clinton’s imprimatur on the proposal, Arafat goes back to the Middle East to weigh the situation…it would appear that Egypt’s Mubarak de facto vetoed it, as not having been ‘forthcoming enough’ on Palestinian “return”…
No one knew prior to that point that Mubarak had “veto–power”… then; a major intifada unfolds…Barak then loses the Prime Ministership… (Note: Egypt receives $3 billion+ annual aid from the USA)…
In the putative deal, as regards the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel was to retain below ground–level of Al–Aqsa Mosque, (meaning, the KOTEL–The Western Wall) and the Palestinians were to retain above ground, meaning the Al–Aqsa Mosque itself and the assembly grounds… This Temple Mount entente, in any event, is likely to set precedent in any future deal…