That we had to act fast. We agreed on deliberations that would lead to a permanent agreement. Utilizing the same framework we used and also low quick, discreet talks and no empty slogans. Mahmoud abbas, and i deliberated over the draft for almost 2 years behind the scenes without the wreckage of the taba hotel. We touched on the most sensitive points of the process really, for the very 1st time, at least theoretically, we have a document in our hands with a comprehensive solution. The withdrawal to the 67 borders the establishment of a palestinian state, of course, keeping the settlement blocks intact and making jerusalem the capital of both nations. My plan was to set up a meeting with rabin. I told him that i would like to meet with him about the permanent solution. And he said its not possible. So i told him, lets do it. When i returned from the United States on saturday, nov 11th. No one could have guessed under what circumstances that meeting would take place. In on september 5th, we reassembled in taba. I must admit that after our last encounter, i wasnt looking forward to another round of this endless boxing match. It was the nastiest meeting ive ever been in my life. We just wanted to be anywhere. But in that room, as i was leaving the room, i turned around and the israeli and palestinian delegations are talking to each other and having a cup of coffee. I think it underscores the point that part of what happens in negotiations is the humanisation of the other side. You no longer see just the quote unquote enemy, but you see a person and you learn about that persons family and their ups and downs, their happy moments and you get a sense of how committed they are to peace. And you never able to translate that to the public. That evening we improvised a friday prayer service. We led candles and much to the astonishment of the palestinians. Singer recited the kiddush prayer. We opened with everybody love saturday night in 3 languages. Afterwards, abu alaa and myself joked around by imitating the peres and arafat conversations. Meanwhile, we taught whos the ass for how to sing my you disha, mama, it was nice to get around again. Later that night i received a call from jerusalem. A bus had exploded in the center of the capital. I told the government stop the peace talks. We sat and watched the news silently. No one said a word. No one doubted that our palestinian friends opposed to terror and that it was directed towards them as well. 2 days later called me up from his room and asked me to watch the arab evening news with him. We watched images of a 7 year old boys funeral, a boy who had been killed that day by the israeli army. Abu alaa was right when he said that neither side has dominion over suffering. That night. Abu allah and i reached the final draft of the osce low b. Agreement. The muslim and the money also be accords, were signed by early, severe, on the israeli side, and as well enough for the palestinians. According to the treaty, the israeli army will withdraw from 6 named cities in the whistle. Besides jericho and elections for the Palestinian Council will take place and much else. Instead of this, at the dizzy on this is a day of achievement, visits are grubby. And this morning he achieved the signing of the oslo. Be a court of the government, debated for 5 hours. You know what the minister has described as an historic meeting about in a story i know showed you today with the help of the israeli army. We rule over more than 2000000 palestinians, and control daily lives through the civil administration, all should show. This is no peaceful solution or we can go on fighting. We can continue killing and being killed. The governor of florida, not so bad. We can also try to bring a halt to this endless cycle of bloodshed. We cant give peace a chance. Call your shallow i dont think all sins of gathered to protest the ratification of the oslo b. Agreement. And what the nationalist camp calls the forsaking of security and the abandonment of the homeland. I destroy a little back other fool. I asked face huge crowd. Is that anyone amongst you . The police . Yes, i dont find them. Ok, you say no, but there is someone who doesnt care about your opinion, how step it up to a new start, rabin. Ive never been i maybe even john when the president of the United States is majesty king hussein of the hashemite kingdom of jordan is actually one single mom whos mubarak, president of the arab republic of egypt. It is actually, its the Prime Minister of israel chairman arafat. Please take your good pablo. There. Saw you here. See, was it possible bows on a gerbil, just to e. U. Sugar then to our great being a soldier and surveyed knew what to do there to make peace moment. Most of these where the years of hope, when the peace camps felt that they were somehow indicates they are bringing to their people the fruits and open the same hotel, a spontaneous get together of the oslo veterans among them. The original negotiators and it was 100, you know, its a one day off and also one that im at this. Yes, i am optimistic. Yes. I believe that the process to get there to continue despite the cold, if you come to me face to succeed, we have both. We have a good political push disperses for poland. I concur with both of them. What i said, and we have no choice. And there is some good common language around this table if you can see or show you the days highlight is the friendly perception of us where personal guards are let down and on the podium gives her phone number to me. Says out of the chemistry among the women in the she and addresses out of foster the 1st time in a personal to human what the situation spoke. And the story is species made. Sure i are you start to believe sure. But knowing that you are close to be cheery, i would think if i was like one post i was valid and looks into you and replies a lot of oh, ive got to i was 3, i think it sank rabin. And the shimon peres, the yossi beilin, and to their friends through i say to you, throughout the hour, we will rally our forces and we will succeed the lire the was we will put an end to those threats that we will succeed. The pyrenees was because theres no nation is much stronger than its government was. I was you, i was through rabin and arafat felt isolated and the hostile environment was the peace camp wasnt going out into the streets to protest was instead they chose to avoid confrontation was the peace opponents hamas on the palestinian side. And the greater israel camp on our side was now on to public opinion, was the face off wasnt between israel and the palestinians, but between those who supported peace and those who objected to it, mr. Abiola, why do you like to make the settlers angry, and what are they accusing me of now . Cut off forsaking the settlers. Lifes like once people said that the settlements bolster our security. Where is the security that bit of all problem today, just to do security for settlers to see the settlers as pioneers. Absolutely not. What do you see them as i see them as people who are implementing their political philosophy. They believe in the greater israel these days. Some hill near ramallah, bringing 700000 immigrants to israel, building a society and economy. Not a tiny settlement surrounded by hundreds of thousands of palestinian in early october, john friedman, a friend of peres, convinced him to arrange a rally in support of the Peace Process. Peres urged robin to accept the initiative, but rabin wondered, would be bill, even leave their homes in those days, rabin was more pessimistic than ever. Is too much is heard in the middle east from the few extremists tonight, the supporters of peace and a huge rally in tel aviv. This is the young israel, tired of obvious service, tired of chasing palestinian stone, throwing children through refugee camps all sides are mobilizing. But this is now becoming one of the most contentious moments in israeli history for the past 5, perhaps no surprise is fighting, and there is a popular no matter what peace it was the happiest day of his life. Ive known him for 15 years. I do never seen him so happy. He had many towns that were just there. He didnt know if people would show up or how theyd behave. And to his pleasant surprise, the crowd was enormous. And the enthusiasm was incredible. And the young men and women jumped into the pool in their clothes and raised him and peace and me to a little doubtful bombs from trauma. Id known him for 15 years and i never saw him seeing if that was the 1st time i ever saw him. Seeing i was i what we both sang and neither of us so great seeing as the hard go afterwards he hugged me like he never hugged me before. I never saw him so happy as he was that night. Going to allow me to say, im also i want to thank everyone for coming here to stand up against violence and have all peace. Oh thank god. So when the rally was over, i started walking down the stairs. All right, my car was parked in front of his car and next to his casket, his driver. I asked him, he said there he is. He was maybe 10 or 12 meters away from me. Most i got in the car driver started it. And just as we closed the door, we heard 3 gunshots Strong Enough more much of the old shed get me call my face. Were now seeing i needed it for that from the peace rally. This is what we know. So far, they face 3. Shots were fired, the Prime Minister nabil fahmy, the jewish Vendetta Group claims to have shot, rob, we still dont know the condition of the Prime Minister. Moments of all should also mention possible. I went to the hospital layer of bean, the family and Close Friends were there to go. And the hospital director took me aside and said, its a bad situation. Almost hopeless. A few minutes later he came to tell me it was over. She was last i lay and i went into the room where he lay on a gurney, covered with a sheet. Says we saw his face restful, peaceful when there was even a hint of us not cast x. Mile on his lips on through hoops or door, a smile of acceptance, but not much. I kissed his forehead and left the room, shark about ahmeds whats up. You can ask you know, these people who are fighting each other didnt go on as each other, they kill each other that sort of was in the play. But then later i saw robins meeting, one of what i saw meeting after meeting after meeting after meeting i was there every single meeting and i saw how the relationships develop after there wouldnt rabin was assassinated out of 5, told me where its estimated the Peace Process and i disagreed with him on that. I was not about her, be vigilant. Its about institutions, its about having replacements and so on. And me, the bloggers who has heard of me very significant express there is, was, was not himself was not himself. He was very said, deeply said he was already the Prime Minister and a on saturday i came to his home with all the maps in order material. And i said to him, this is the women that have it with the one i think that we can go for it. You have the exact border, you have the solution for jerusalem, everything else. And then i think that now is the time. I mean, everybody is so confused including also, but still there is the support for, for peace, even more than before, as a result of that as a nation. And lets use it here for his memory and finish the job. And listen to me very carefully. For 2 hours and then he said not now, not mom. I dont think that people are ready to leave the jordan valley, which was part of the math. So that israel should withdraw for the john of and i think that today to bring it to the people, i mean with his him, a shill . Well, it will receive much or what, but this is the opportunity i was not Strong Enough to believe it is your biggest mistake, reconsidering. I did not come again to him with this and maybe it is in me. Maybe it is part of my weakness. Maybe it was just a mistake, i dont know, but if you ask me where there are, i dont regret it. I had, i had apparently, to fight for it in for the permanent agreement on may 5th, 1906. I found myself back in the familiar surroundings of the hilton taba. I wondered about the 3 years that had passed since i 1st met abu allah and also flow. Since then, our lives have become a combination of promise and anguish. The process was started and withstood tremendous trials since the 1st day in oslo. And up until this Current Exchange in may, 961001, 100 days of peace talks had past. When we said our farewells that day, i never imagined that it would be my last and final meeting with abu allah, in my official role as head of the israeli negotiating team. If i had known it was all going to end, maybe i would have come up with something more intelligent to say to him. But all i said to our boy allow was. Ready see you soon, my friend nearly 80 percent of israels 4000000 voters, dreams of polling stations. Everyone seemed to understand why piss alexion was important. In suburban tel aviv voters chose peres. The Peace Process that we were one to be in a bloody army already in a bloody war. In the west bank city of hebron, jewish settlers voted for netanyahu. They just want to be give over land, but they are obvious. So of course we are hoping for a penny. I mean, if you know tonight, those who support the steps, israel has taken toward peace, are clinging to the hold, that they may be the ultimate winner and have told the shah and shot something out that he shoots official, a turnabout in the 1906 elections. The next Prime Minister has been yami netanyahu, and you know, he received 50. 4 percent of the us are now cool. While shimon peres received only 49. 00 and a half percent its its like someone building the breach and building and building and building something that could have really changed the, middle east. And to make these comes one c. , 100 beats and it was a waste i felt so bad when it all collapsed because i hailed it already and i felt we can do it, we can do it. And then if it went wrong, and i know its not in my life by probably mopey my kids lifetime, maybe the grandchildren should should shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot their comrades, the union supporters, friends. The state of israel is embarking on a new path to under the shah. I well then you get on the phone, get a belated and then and then well, and that the whole room get a belated many in the us. Well i did a little bit of this thing and you know, little or no in the end, but i did the l. A. P. D. To this moment. Well, you did the artist and now theres going to be a shit. Is a little fun getting out of the well and killing bin laden long and the ng as long as its an opportunist. Seems to believe theres a chance for peace between us and the biggest enhanced i dont think knows. And ill go down the can not all fall upon the cinema. No false. Oh, no doubt. There is an on going war. But there would be a good thing in the wall though. No big story. On the victims. No wars, i dont finish arlos. 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