There is no Israeli-Palestinian agreement without a basic strategic understanding between you and Arafat about where you're heading.
The fallout from the Israeli-Palestinian agreement is already being felt.
First, he will try to find specific ways to help carry out the Israeli-Palestinian agreement.
Officials said the new government would accept all previous Israeli-Palestinian agreements, an implicit recognition of a two-state solution.
The attack comes less than 24 hours after a new Israeli-Palestinian agreement was signed.
In the wake of the latest Israeli-Palestinian agreement there are several reasons to be just a tad optimistic about the prospects for a final settlement.
The agency's involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian agreement is more visible than in the past.
In the last few weeks, they have expressed skepticism about whether an Israeli-Palestinian agreement at such a late date could be sustained on the ground.
The aim of all this is an early Israeli-Palestinian agreement for limited Palestinian autonomy in these territories.
But such a policy does not fit the logic of Oslo and the Israeli-Palestinian agreements that followed.