Yasser Arafat did not turn down Barak's offer of a 2 state solution to the Palestinian question

I am ashamed to say I misremembered Arafat failing to grasp Ehud Barak's generous offer of a two state solution in Palestine. 

He did not. 

Sharon did.  

If you don't remember this believe Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter's National Security Adviser.