In 1999, Netanyahu was defeated in a landslide by Labor Party leader Ehud Barak, who favored restarting the peace process. He negotiated an agreement with Arafat at the Wye summit, agreeing to pull the Israel Defense Force (IDF) out of more of the West Bank, inflamed Palestinians by continuing to build Jewish settlements, and sparked a violent Palestinian protest after he opened a tunnel along the Western Wall of the Temple Mount. His tenure as prime minister was a volatile one. A vowed opponent of the Oslo peace process, Netanyahu promised to crack down on terrorism. In 1996, following an outbreak of Palestinian suicide bombings, the Likud Party’s Benjamin Netanyahu defeated by a very slim margin the incumbent and longtime Labor Party leader, Shimon Peres. Find the original interviews and other content related to Shattered Dreams of Peace here. This interview was originally published on June 27, 2002.
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