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This document is a page from a manuscript or memoir, likely by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, produced as evidence to the House Oversight Committee. It describes a meeting between Barak and President Bill Clinton roughly six months before the 2000 US election, where Barak attempts to persuade Clinton to hold a high-stakes peace summit (Camp David) with Yasir Arafat. The text details the political risks involved for both leaders and Barak's rationale that a summit was the only way to determine if peace was possible before Clinton left office.