here with me in tel aviv as deputy foreign minister yossi beilin is the recognition of the p.l.o. by israel official. i know nothing of any such recognition there is no such recognition. the worst thing that could happen was the premature exposure of the channel reporters kept calling me and i consistently denied everything without giving any unnecessary explanations but i knew we couldn't keep up the charade much longer it was only a matter of time until the who hardly used the talks to make rebellion and paris to my traitors who were conspiring with the murderous terrified. i was this was go to the people tell the truth tell them this is our intention to hand the heart of israel over to our fat and establish a palestinian state go to the people before you implement your plan we're trying to beat the clock by reaching an agreement before a prematurely could would stop the oil slick agreement. the mutual recognition option excited the leadership in tunis and i was sent back to oslo with arafat support. it seemed as if the israelis returned with a deep desire to move forward as wel

in a desperate attempt to renew the peace talks deputy minister yossi beilin decided to act outside the law and set up a secret back channel to negotiate with the p.l.o. . he approached his felt in me because we were the perfect fall guys 2 professors who had dedicated their careers to the israeli arab conflict but had no ties to the israeli government. we will enter a strange situation legally the law forbids us to come into contact with the palestinians i think you spoilage if you don't go a quandary ballistic is what are you going for them and toe was very painful i mean moms. busses all over the world there were barracks there that quite an organization of general. the oslo process which i like to call the accidental channel was neither preplanned nor preprogrammed my own partial involvement began in december 92 when i was sent by the p.l.o. to norway to meet secretly with 2 israeli professors. a mile long flight from international to oslo i thought back on the day i was forced to flee my home in of 2 days when the p.l.o. was declared illegal. or left by family and home behind under

here with me in tel aviv is deputy foreign minister yossi beilin is the recognition of the p.l.o. by israel official. i know nothing of any such recognition there is no such recognition. the worst thing that could happen was the premature exposure of the channel reporters kept calling me and i consistently denied everything without giving any unnecessary explanations but i knew we couldn't keep up the charade much longer it was only a matter of time until the who hardly used the talks to make good being in paris see my traitors who were conspiring with the murderous terrified i was. go to the people tell the truth tell them this is our intention to hand the heart of israel over to our fast and establish a palestinian state go to the people before you implement your plan we're trying to beat the clock by reaching an agreement before a prematurely could would stop the oil slick agreement. the mutual recognition option excited the leadership in tunis and i was sent back to oslo with arafat support. it seemed as if the israelis returned with a deep desire to move forward as well. but

and the shimon peres, the yossi beilin, and to their friends through i say to you, throughout the hour, we will rally our forces and we will succeed the lire the was we will put an end to those threats that we will succeed. the pyrenees was because there's no nation is much stronger than its government was. i was you, i was through rabin and arafat felt isolated and the hostile environment was the peace camp wasn't going out into the streets to protest was instead they chose to avoid confrontation was the peace opponents hamas on the palestinian side. and the greater israel camp on our side was now on to public opinion, was the face off wasn't between israel and the palestinians, but between those who supported peace and those who objected to it, mr. abiola, why do you like to make the settlers angry, and what are they accusing me of now? cut off forsaking the settlers. life's like once people said that the settlements bolster our security. where is the security that bit of all problem today, just to do security for settlers to see the settlers as pioneers. absolutely not. what do you

the yossi beilin game and to their friends. i say to you throughout the arab leaders, we will rally our forces and we will serve. see obviously was we will put an end to those threats that we will succeed. was god because there's no nation is much stronger than its government was. i think it was you was through rabin and arafat felt isolated and the hostile environment was the peace camp wasn't going out into the streets to protest was instead they chose to avoid confrontation was the peace opponents hamas on the palestinian side. and the greater israel camp on our side was now on to public opinion, was the face off wasn't between israel and the palestinians, but between those who supported peace and those who objected to it. mr. udell, of why do you like to make the settlers angry as much? what are they accusing me of not have cut off forsaking the settlers life split once people said that the settlements bolster our security. where is the security look beautiful? a problem today. vital security for the settlers. do you see th

the yossi beilin. and to their friends, i say to you, throughout the end we will rally our forces and we will succeed. was clear it was we will put an end to those threats we will succeed through was because there's no nation is much stronger than its government was. i was through rabin and arafat felt isolated in the hostile environment, was the peace camp wasn't going out into the streets to protest was instead they chose to avoid confrontation was the peace opponents hamas on the palestinian side, and the greater israel camp on our side. now, on to public opinion in the face off wasn't between israel and the palestinians, but between those who supported peace and those who objected to it. mr. udell, of why do you like to make the settlers angry as much? what are they accusing me of now? cut off forsaking the settlers lifelessly, why most people said that the settlements bolster our security. where is the security a bit of all problem today? vital security for those settlers who see the settlers as p

lot of oh, out of causing i was 3 was i think the huge sacrifice being and the shimon peres, the yossi beilin and to their friends. i say to you throughout the day we will rally our forces and we will sit still was clear of the was we will put an end to those threats. we will succeed. i was because there is nation is much stronger than its government was actually national was rabin, and arafat felt isolated and the hostile environment was the peace camp wasn't going out into the streets to protest was instead they chose to avoid confrontation was the peace opponents, hamas on the palestinian side and the greater israel camp on our side was now on to public opinion in the face, off wasn't between israel and the palestinians. but between those who supported peace and those who objected to it. mr. abbott, look at why do you like to make the settlers angry as much? what are they accusing me of now? cut off forsaking the settlers. life's like bombs. people said that the settlements bolster our security. where is the security? a bit of a problem today? just lighting the security for the settlers. l

working with, and befriending, israelis he negotiated against, including longtime negotiator, yossi beilin he proved to all of us, and i believe that also to the world, that the myth that we don't have partners is totally, totally wrong. >> this was something that everybody remembers, i tnk, about saeb-- his ability to always engage and show civility, show kindness to everybody. >> schifrin: erakat contracted covid last month, and died this morning in this jerusalem hospital. his diplomacy, and his dreams, unfulfilled. saeb erekat was 65 years old. for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. >> woodruff: in this increasingly divided time, a new book looks to history to he find a path to unity and to look for new ways to move toward equality. paul solman is our guide, for his regular series, "making sense." >> reporter: harvard social scientist robert putnam, famous for his best-seller, 20 years ago, about increasing disconnectedness in america, "bowling alone." >> bowling is big in america, you know. but bowling in leagues, bowling in teams, is off by about 40%. so the fact that we're bowling