Epstein Secrets

ral and ethical compass, who put principle over party. He was also a lawyer, and had been Minister of Justice under Bibi. Along with Attorney-General Rubinstein, I knew I’d have a gifted legal team if we got to the point of considering the specifics of a peace agreement. There was another consideration as wel

test prospect of movement on Oslo. In October, Bibi did finally try to seize the initiative. He wrapping up the redeployment details in a summit with Arafat and Clinton and Arafat in Wye River. But as soon as he got back home, he started backtracking, rather than risk facing down his right-wing critics in

attraction in getting a deal with Syria first: it would increase our negotiating leverage with the Palestinians. That would certainly not be lost on Yasir Arafat — one reason that I realized the importance of an early meeting with him, to convey my commitment to keeping the Oslo process alive, and, if possible

ral and ethical compass, who put principle over party. He was also a lawyer, and had been Minister of Justice under Bibi. Along with Attorney-General Rubinstein, I knew I'd have a gifted legal team if we got to the point of considering the specifics of a peace agreement. There was another consideration as wel

test prospect of movement on Oslo. In October, Bibi did finally try to seize the initiative. He wrapping up the redeployment details in a summit with Arafat and Clinton and Arafat in Wye River. But as soon as he got back home, he started backtracking, rather than risk facing down his right-wing critics in

54 Chapter Twenty-One President Clinton and I met the next morning. My aim was to persuade him that the time had come for a make-or-break summit with Yasir Arafat. I suspected it would not be easy to convince him, and it wasn't. But I made the argument that if we were to have any hope of moving Oslo forward, we

filing a false tax return. Steven Michael Rubin- stein pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return in 2004, the US. Attorney's Office reported. Rubinstein failed to report UBS income on his returns from 2001 to 2007. the Internal Revenue Service claimed. As part of his plea agreement, Rubinstein

e cor- ruption, tyranny, religious intolerance and forced mili- tarization: leadership that for three generations — Haj Amin al-Husseini in 1947, Yasser Arafat in 2000, Mr. Abbas in December 2008 — rejected every offer of independence and dignity, choosing destitution and de- spair rather than accept any