Israeli and Palestinian Leaders Leave Camp David Empty-Handed.

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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat, and President Clinton spent two weeks in intensive, round-the-clock negotiations at Camp David in July, aiming to end decades of conflict. The talks centered on the region's thorniest disputes--particularly the Palestinian demand for full sovereignty over East Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount, a site holy to both Muslims and Jews. Barak's offers to make unprecedented concessions, including transferring a sizable area of the...