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...From the outset, Washington paid too much attention to Barak's operating style and not enough to Arafat's. The Camp David summit Clinton hastily convened last July was ideal for the Israeli prime minister - a hands-on manager who delegates little to his diplomats, Barak had convinced Clinton that the only way he and Arafat could reach a treaty was to isolate the two of them in a secluded spot where political enemies and the press couldn't "salami-slice" the concessions they'd have to make...
...When he couldn't close the gap after 15 days, Clinton called it quits and publicly chastised Arafat for not being as bold as Barak during the summit. The President's reaction was designed to prop up Barak, whose governing coalition was crumbing back home. "But the U.S. committed a very serious mistake by pointing fingers at the Palestinian side," insists Hasan Abdul Rahman, the PLO's Washington representative...
Sharpton, who is president of the National Action Network (NAN), said he plans to use the Scott case as a prime example of racial stereotyping in his summit, which will be held Oct. 30 at the NAN headquarters in Harlem...
Sharpton's summit will seek to examine the correlation between the hip-hop industry and violence...
Sharpton said the legacy of the summit will be "to redirect a lot of young people, inspire young people, and to make a positive...