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...Dershowitz said. Some of his harshest words came in response to a passage from Carter’s book that detailed his dealings with Arafat. “This is a murderer,” Dershowitz said of Arafat. “And [Carter is] bouncing Yasser Arafat??s child on his knees and talking about how wonderful of a man he is.” After calling for “hostile questions” at the beginning of the question-and-answer session, Dershowitz was grilled on a range of issues—including an alleged...
...election is the third major election in the Palestinian Authority’s history. The first, which elected members to the charter PLC and voted Yasser Arafat in as president, took place on Jan. 20, 1996. The second, which brought Mahmoud Abbas to power following Arafat??s death, was held on Jan. 9, 2005.“The first two elections were reasonably credible and received pretty good marks in terms of adhering to international standards,” Blanc said. “[But] the series of local elections that have been held over the past...
...slim, we worry about the consequences for a peace process that, largely as a result of his actions, has steadily gained momentum in recent months.Sharon, like the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, was a towering figure in the ongoing strife between Israelis and Palestinians. But while the sentiment after Arafat??s death in November 2004 was one of cautious optimism for a new, more progressive generation of Palestinian leadership, Sharon’s illness may bring the slowly emerging Israeli movement toward peace to a halt. Certainly Sharon, as was Arafat, is as controversial a figure as there...
Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz called yesterday for a renewed effort to achieve peace in the Middle East after Yasser Arafat??s death, in a discussion of his book “The Case for Peace” organized by Harvard Students for Israel. At the well-attended event in Emerson Hall, Dershowitz argued that “this is a time for Israel to be extremely generous.” He said that Israel’s strategic interests, along with moral imperatives, demand a rapid resolution of the conflict with Palestinians. Opening his remarks...
...said the death of Palestinian Liberation Organization Chair Yasser Arafat??who he called an “enem[y] of freedom”—created the opportunity for positive change for the Palestinian people...