But Israel's Ha'aretz newspaper quoted a U.S. source saying that both Barak and Arafat had told Clinton he could "examine the alternative of a partial agreement" that left out Jerusalem.
The Left's hope of forming a coalition with Obama against Netanyahu was given its most explicit expression last July in an op-ed by Ha'aretz's editor-at-large Aluf Benn in the New York Times.
Mr. ARI SHAVIT (Columnist, Israeli Newspaper Ha'aretz): He probably had in mind something quite limited yet significant, of probably evacuating 20 perhaps a bit more settlements in the coming years, within the context of the roadmap.
Just as Ha'aretz's campaign against Baruch-Sharvit will frighten other military lawyers called upon to assess the legality of proposed operations into refusing to make decisions, so incidents like this will make commanders in the field think twice before they tell their soldiers to protect themselves.