He was wrong to believe , as two of his closest associates told me he did , that Israel would never elect Ariel Sharon to be prime minister , that after rejecting Ehud Barak 's offer at Camp David in the summer of 2000 the Palestinian leader could exploit the second intifada , which began that fall , to continue negotiating concessions from a re-elected Barak .
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