Talk:2000 Camp David Summit

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Edit request 7 October 2025

Description of suggested change:

This line: "After the summit, the Israeli narrative was widely accepted by the American media, which sought to cast Arafat as a villain and that Palestinians did not want peace.[7]"—is a clear example of biased content, as words like "sought to cast" imply deliberate bias or agenda on the media's part, and "villain" is inherently value-laden, potentially framing the Israeli perspective as dominant without equal weight to counter-narratives in that sentence. It should be deleted.

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100.15.229.175 (talk) 20:29, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. If you have sources that contradict the cited source by Peters, you are welcome to provide them. Day Creature (talk) 22:06, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

Edit request 8 March 2026

Description of suggested change:

Add Clinton's thoughts to the aftermath section

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Ehud Barak was to be defeated by Ariel Sharon in 2001.

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Ehud Barak was to be defeated by Ariel Sharon in 2001.Clinton has maintained his disappointment over the failure of the summit to reach a deal. Shortly after the conclusion of his presidency, Clinton assigned the blame for the failure of the 2000 Camp David Summit squarely on Yasser Arafat and the Palestinians. When Arafat called Clinton a great man, Clinton responded, "The hell I am. I'm a colossal failure, and you made me one," explaining that Arafat rejected "the best peace deal he was ever going to get" by then Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. In a 2024 podcast, Clinton reaffirmed his feelings on the matter, saying he was "really mad" at Arafat and calling the failure to make a deal "truly heartbreaking."

StainlessSteelScorpion (talk) 03:46, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. {{GearsDatapack|talk|contribs}} 10:53, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Newsweek pre-2013 is considered reliable. see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources#NewsNation_(UFOs,_UAPs) . The youtube video is a primary source featuring Bill Clinton. StainlessSteelScorpion (talk) 03:21, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Ah I see, there are references but they are invisible until you look at the wikitext source. Seems they are hidden in the {{textdiff}} {{GearsDatapack|talk|contribs}} 16:49, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

All good to approve then? StainlessSteelScorpion (talk) 02:08, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

If anyone's still watching this page, can we approve this change? StainlessSteelScorpion (talk) 15:39, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

 Done Hamimh2 (talk) 01:03, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

References

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 17 April 2026

In the section East Jerusalem, the page Temple Mount is linked thrice. It should only be linked on the initial mention. Same issue with the multiple links to Al-Aqsa Mosque and Western Wall; they should only be linked once in the East Jerusalem section. EXSurrender (talk) 04:19, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

 Done Per request. Regards, VerdictByLogic - Let's Discuss 11:14, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Edit request 31 May 2026

Description of suggested change:

The public opinion towards the summit section does not accurately represent the source it is quoting, ommitting the essential conclusion: 'The results show that the Palestinian public is not willing to give Arafat much room for maneuver in his negotiations with Barak. In fact, while the majority (68%) believes that Arafat's overall position at the summit was "just right," most Palestinians tend to view Arafat's issue-specific positions that he has reportedly been willing to accept at the summit, as "too much of a compromise." ' Please change the section to reflect the source accurately.

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Overall, 68% of the Palestinian public thought Arafat's positions on a final agreement at Camp David were just right and 14% thought Arafat compromised too much while only 6% thought Arafat had not compromised enough.[

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Polling results show that the Palestinian public was not willing to give Arafat much room for maneuver in his negotiations with Barak. In fact, while the majority (68%) believes that Arafat's overall position at the summit was "just right," most Palestinians tend to view Arafat's issue-specific positions that he has reportedly been willing to accept at the summit, as "too much of a compromise."

HealthyBias (talk) 17:56, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: As your proposed version is essentially copy-pasted directly from the source, which is a copyright violation. Please instead use your own words to summarize the source. See WP:C-P. Day Creature (talk) 22:30, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, I left it untouched assuming that a more competent veteran editor would want to make the actual change. Here is the section reworded:

Results from polls conducted at the time show that on most specific issues Palestinians tended to feel Arafat had been too willing to compromise but, in spite of this, his overall approach was satisfactory. HealthyBias (talk) 12:29, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

I've added this with some different wording. Day Creature (talk) 21:44, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 13 June 2026

I would like to add the narration of Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian chief negotiator along with Yasser Arafat at Camp David 2000, on why the 2000 Camp David summit failed.

Saeb Erakat, narrated to the BBC Arabic (Reference: Saeb Erekat Interview with Gizelle Khoury on BBC Arabic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp8uhNfFcfA minute 20:56) that Clinton and Tenet requested Yasser Arafat to declare that the Temple Mount is under the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Bill Clinton confirmed this later stating that Israel wanted sovereignty under the Aqsa Mosque (https://www.timesofisrael.com/bill-clinton-palestinians-were-offered-temple-mount-in-2000).

Erakat on the conversation between Arafat and Clinton on July 23, 2000:

Clinton to Arafat: Mr. Chairman, you will take your people to independence on 1967 borders with swaps and east Jerusalem as capital, but I saw you pray.

Clinton continues and I know you are a courageous leader and I request that you stand with your courage, belief and faith on front of the world to say that the Temple Mount is under the Aqsa Mosque.

Arafat: Do you believe that the Temple Mount is under Al-Haram

Clinton: I William William Jefferson Clinton do believe that the Temple Mount is under the Haram

Arafat: believe it or not believe it, they dug 30 years and could not find a stone.

Tenet: Mr. Chairman, you live in a place, where its people and borders are subject to change and replacement in the next few years.

Arafat: are you threatening me? I am inviting you to my funeral. My name is Yaser Arafatian (in reference to Armenian quarter in Jerusalem). And to Jerusalem, someone will come to raise the flag of Palestine in 5 years, 10 years or 50 years.

the meeting ended and this issue was also confirmed by Clinton in article published by Times of Israel: https://www.timesofisrael.com/bill-clinton-palestinians-were-offered-temple-mount-in-2000/

"Arafat agreed to leave Israel with control over the Western Wall, as well as over the Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, but insisted on keeping 16 meters, or 50 feet, of land leading up to an entrance to the Western Wall tunnels under Palestinian control.

Israel refused, on the grounds that the tunnel granted access to remains of the Jewish temples. In retrospect, Clinton said, Israel was probably justified in its refusal, as “if you got in, you could do mayhem to the ruins of the temples.” Zeidana (talk) 22:38, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. The negotiations over the Temple Mount are already extensively discussed in the "East Jerusalem" section of the article. It's not clear how exactly you want to add to this, so please use a "change x to y" format. Day Creature (talk) 21:30, 15 June 2026 (UTC)