Word: arafats
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...Police took my testimony but have evidently buried it, since they neglected to report the incident to The Crimson along with the others. In the meantime, I've seen several such gangs in the vicinity, but never once a police car or foot patrol--except of course for Yasser Arafat's visit. It is ironic that the one evening I've felt safe since the murder attempt was when Harvard rolled out the red carpet to entertain mass- murderer. Now we learn there was a rape, in early September, in mid-morning. But it was buried, too, as long...
Choking up as he spoke of Rabin in the Rose Garden Saturday afternoon, a few yards from the spot where Rabin and Yasser Arafat signed their historic peace agreement in September, 1994, President Clinton said, "The world has lost one of its greatest men, a martyr for his nation's peace." To the Israeli people, Clinton said: "Just as America has stood by you in moments of triumph, so now we stand by you in this moment of grief. For half a century, Yitzhak Rabin risked his life to defend his country. Today, he gave his life to bring...
...were accompanying the bus noticed the first bomber's car and were able to prevent it from getting too close to the bus. These attempts shouldn't disrupt the peace process because there weren't a lot of dead Israelis, and you can be sure that both Rabin and Arafat are breathing a big sigh of relief because of that. But it does show that Jihad is still very capable of carrying out terrorism and that the threat is still very real...
...peace process" in its present form, we fully acknowledge that there is an argument to be made for it. However, even if one believes that the time has come in the Middle East for governments and terrorists to negotiate a peace, there is still a distinction between approaching Arafat and embracing him. The memories of all those whom he has slain cry out against such blasphemy...
...ironic that it was Arafat himself who best captured the sad legacy of his visit here: "If they write a paragraph about my history, they will write that I was at Harvard, that I spoke at Harvard." How true...