4年前，阿拉法特曾拒绝成立一个面积相当于整个西岸和加沙地带的独立的巴勒斯坦国，外加超过200亿美元的难民赔款，可真正了解此事的巴勒斯坦人却寥寥无几。
Few Palestinians are even aware that four years ago Arafat turned down an independent state equal in size to the entire West Bank and Gaza Strip, in addition to more than $20 billion in refugee compensation.