Word: corrupter
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...there are almost too many volunteers. Men embittered by years of misery and humiliation gather at the feet of a new generation of Hamas preachers like the charismatic Sheik Hassan Yussef. His Friday sermons, full of mythic stories of great Islamic battles but also highly critical of Arafat's corrupt regime and its compromises with Israel, urge them toward violent confrontation with the Jews. As Hamas leaders like Yussef tell their adherents, Palestinians may not have tanks or gunships, but they have one thing Israel doesn't: men willing to blow themselves up for their cause...
...decisively against Hamas and Islamic Jihad; it's that Palestinian public opinion right now is overwhelmingly opposed to any such action in pursuit of a cease-fire. A majority of Israelis and Palestinians would agree that Arafat is an authoritarian, deceitful and increasingly unpopular leader of a corrupt administration. But right now any Palestinian leader more responsive and accountable to his base than Arafat is would almost certainly be less, not more inclined to comply with the cease-fire terms currently on offer...
...Chair Yasser Arafat will force him to destroy all terrorist elements within his territory. And if Arafat cannot act swiftly and forcefully to end Palestinian terrorism, he should be replaced by someone with greater leadership ability and political support. The Palestinians have suffered under Arafat’s corrupt leadership for years and if he cannot control terrorists, they would be justified in finding a new leader...
...takes on a life of its own, nurtured by the public’s insatiable appetite for intimate, “real” knowledge of people, her story merges with that of the other characters, and all of their individual motivations and actions are overshadowed by the rapacious, corrupt force of American mass culture...
...theater, but though they seem to attempt to derive their humor from the fact that the references aren’t as funny as the characters think they are, the result remains unfunny for the audience. Two characters related to the company, the greedy right-hand man and the corrupt politician, are recognizable stereotypes, but it seems the writing for them never made it to the next level, missing additional comic opportunity...