(At this point the Arab news reporter, suddenly agitated, turned off the laser pointer. The camera zoomed in, and as I read item 12 I understood his reaction.)
12) The PA will agree to and help effectuate the immediate arrest and extradition of the arch-terrorist himself – chairman, president, general, European royalty, Nobel laureate Yasir Arafat. Should the PA refuse to do so, the Quartet will deem the search for peace as null and void and Israel will be allowed to do whatever it deems necessary to eradicate the PA.
Why, what an excellent set of confidence-building concessions, I thought happily as the TV screen suddenly went black. I yawned as I rubbed my sleepy eyes.
I then realized I had fallen asleep and had an outlandish dream. Surely no normal human being would ever consciously think up such an absurdity.
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