Word: arafatã
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Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestinian Authority, does not speak for the Palestinian people; he does not represent them, and he certainly does not rule over them. Israel, the U.S. and the world must stop trying to fool themselves into believing that in Arafat??s administration there lies the institutional possibility of peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis, and begin to prepare for whatever and whoever may lie ahead...
...Additionally, Arafat??s decision to bar reporters from Gaza last week was poor and short-sighted. Though he likely hoped to prevent images of violent anti-American protests from reaching American television screens, the U.S. cannot form a realistic and workable policy in the Middle East if it is kept in the dark about the true state of Palestinian public opinion...
...work of building the relationships he needs with moderate Arab nations. The coming week will be crucial for the PA and for Arafat. If the cease-fire holds, Israel may loosen its grip on the Palestinian economy. Increased economic prospects and fewer restrictions on movement for Palestinians, along with Arafat??s efforts, could help push terror groups to the periphery. In the end, it is in Arafat??s best interests to weaken those organizations, such as Hamas, that could challenge his authority. In the coming months, the U.S. could play a crucial role in making sure...
...another, journalists for the Associated Press and Reuters have written about the celebrations and taken similar footage and pictures. Several journalists have had their lives threatened by militia groups for covering the story, and the Palestinian Authority has confiscated some pictures and equipment to back up Chairman Yasser Arafat??s claim that the celebrations included “less than 10 children in East Jerusalem”—which only makes the hoax more disturbing. Of course, I didn’t watch the two clips side by side, and maybe CNN, against every institutional interest...
What the American media either ignored or buried was that while the closure was in place, Israeli authorities apprehended a terrorist cell in Ramallah led by a member of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat??s personal guard, which admitted responsibility for eight separate lethal attacks and confessed that they had been on their way to lay several bombs in Jerusalem’s civilian centers. Then another cell of four Palestinian terrorists, including a Palestinian policeman, were apprehended trying to leave Hebron, also on their way to carry out an attack. The IDF termed the closure a success...