At the negotiating table, Prime Minister Sharon asks if he might first tell a story.Yasser Arafat tells him to go ahead.
"When Moses was in the desert for forty years the Jews got very thirsty and Moses asked G-d for water and there appeared a beautiful lake. The Jews first drank and then bathed themselves.
Moses did the same but when he came out of the water his clothes were gone. Moses asked, "Where are my clothes? Who took them? The Jews answered "The Palestinians took them."
Arafat quickly objected saying, "There were no Palestinians at that time!"
The Prime Minister looked at Arafat, smiled, and said: " Now we can begin to negotiate"