APPEASEMENT AT FOGGY BOTTOM: The State Department is rumored to have a draft "political horizon" which goes even beyond the Clinton plan, calling for the evacuation of all settlements in return for a declaration that Palestinian refugees will not be settled within Israel. (Even the Clinton plan called for the retention of a few settlements close to the Green Line, such as Ma'ale Adumim and the Etzion bloc.)
Tal G. in Jerusalem has an appropriate response:

I find that offensive.... if the Palestinians violate more agreements and murder more civilians, will the State Dept. then sweeten the deal even more?
Arafat's response to the draft will be: "Yes, except for the part about the refugees. ... and except for any other obligation on the Palestinian side. You can't ask a people to give up their rights after all."