Word: arafatã
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...reveal specific instances where criticism of Israel has been labeled anti-Semitic. I myself have been strongly critical of Israel’s policies with regard to the settlements, with regard to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s foolish policy of destroying Palestinian Authority Chair Yasser Arafat??€™s compound and with regard to sending rockets into densely populated civilian areas as part of its otherwise legitimate efforts to target on-going terrorists. I favor a Palestinian state and strongly support the peace process. Nobody has ever accused me of being anti-Semitic. Nor to my knowledge...
Palestinians must also recognize the obstacle their government poses for peace, just as the Israeli left finds faults in Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s policies. After all, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade are a branch of Fatah, Arafat??€™s own political movement. Palestinians need less manipulation and more participation. They must oppose a government that supports terror...
...that the Israeli army has seized in Palestinian Authority (PA) offices in Ramallah and elsewhere show that Arafat had personal involvement in supporting and directing attacks against innocent Israelis during the course of the current war. The New York Times reported that documents seized by the Israeli army had Arafat??€™s signature approving payments to militants who are know to have been involved with terrorist attacks. The documents show that Arafat personally approved payments of as little as $350, which bolsters Israeli claims that he has detailed personal control of his terrorist network. Israel has declared Arafat...
...fighting in Israel and the Occupied Territories continues to simmer, it was heartening to see at least one peaceful compromise—Israel agreed to lift the siege of Yasser Arafat??€™s Ramallah headquarters in exchange for America and Britain monitoring the imprisonment in a Palestinian jail of six wanted...
...Staff argues that Israel should have held out for a better deal, even though Israel’s own justification for surrounding Arafat??€™s headquarters was the presence of the terrorists inside. The Palestinians refused to turn the six men over to the Israelis, and the Israelis refused to leave them in Palestinian hands. In a stalemate in which neither side could offer a deal without seeming to concede to the other, intervention from the U.S. and Britain allowed progress to be made without either side losing face. The Staff has consistently called in the past for more...