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...Palestinians would disagree that Arafat is a dismal leader, but it is not his deceit or delusions that are at the root of this conflict. Israelis and Palestinians began talking peace a decade ago, precisely because they recognized the miserable future offered by the dynamic of occupation and resistance in the West Bank and Gaza. It was not about Arafat or Rabin, and certainly not about Bill Clinton. It was about Israelis and Palestinians recognizing the need to find a peaceful means of resolving their mutually exclusive national aspirations, if only because the alternative was to remain locked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fooling Ourselves About Arafat | 1/29/2002 | See Source »

...transaction and urging pressure on Arafat. But Bush is unlikely to recruit any Arab support against Arafat, for the simple reason that the consensus even among U.S. allies in the Arab world is that Sharon's policies are a far more serious obstacle to Middle East peace than any deceit on Arafat's part. Indeed, even moderate Arab regimes may be inclined to see any illegal arms procurement by the PA as a symptom of the breakdown of the peace process and Israel's escalating military actions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Grim Brinkmanship of Bush vs. Arafat | 1/25/2002 | See Source »

...September, Egypt's independent weekly al-Maydan reported, "Millions across the world shouted in joy: 'America has been hit!' This call expressed the sentiments of millions whom the American master had treated with tyranny, arrogance, bullying, conceit, deceit and bad taste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's More Arrogant? | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

...person, when ranting about others, often describes himself. In 1941, for example, Hitler said of Churchill, "For over five years, this man has been chasing around Europe like a madman in search of something he could set on fire." Similarly, any commentator who writes about "arrogance," "tyranny" or "deceit" from an editorial perch in the Islamic Middle East is describing conditions outside his office window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's More Arrogant? | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

...person, when ranting about others, often describes himself. In 1941, for example, Hitler said of Churchill, "For over five years, this man has been chasing around Europe like a madman in search of something he could set on fire." Similarly, any commentator who writes about "arrogance," "tyranny" or "deceit" from an editorial perch in the Islamic Middle East is describing conditions outside his office window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's More Arrogant? | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

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