That's what Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat always says. To this magazine, to the press, to the world community, and to himself. It's a dream, a hope, a wish, or even a reiterated duty to the effect that Palestine's capital is Jerusalem and that Palestine is a sovereign state.

However, the escalation of tensions that has resulted in war and onslaughts in the region—especially since the verdict reducing Arafat to house confinement—ma