Slow learners: Our brightest minds are figuring out what's been obvious for the past eight decades.

Arafat walked away fron the Oslo ACCORD IN 1983, preferring to continuing to work his grift, and died in 2004 with a (hidden) fortune estimated at between $300 million and $1 billion,

WSJ: Biden Admin Slowly Realizing Hamas Doesn't Want Peace. Change that to “Palestinians” And they’ll be almost there.

Officials cited two main reasons for the pessimism. The ratio of Palestinian prisoners that Israel must release to bring Hamas-held hostages home was a major sticking point—even before the U.S.-designated terrorist group killed six hostages, including an American citizen. And the two-day attack on Hezbollah with explosive pagers and walkie-talkies—followed by Israeli airstrikes—has made the possibility of all-out war much more likely, complicating diplomacy with Hamas.

Another problem is that, according to Biden administration officials, Hamas makes demands and then refuses to say “yes” after the U.S. and Israel accept them. The intransigence has severely frustrated negotiators, who increasingly feel the militant group isn’t serious about completing an agreement.