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...assassination of an Israeli political figure, then, might be “have a taste of your own medicine.” Indeed, supporters of the Palestinian authority have attached the word “terrorism” to Israeli military activity in the West Bank and Gaza strip. If it is legitimate to target the sources of terrorism, and Israeli leaders are deemed “terrorists,” then it could be argued that the Palestinian attack on Ze’evi was at least as justified as Israeli killings of Palestinians...
Ze’evi was not a friend to Palestinians. He represented the far-right of the Israeli Knesset; he unabashedly suggested “voluntary transfer” of Palestinians out of the West bank and Gaza strip and of Yassir Arafat, the chairman of the Palestinian Authority, to Tunisia. He criticized Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for being too soft on Palestinians after Sharon loosened control over two West Bank villages. In fact, in light of these grievances, Ze’evi resigned from the Israeli Parliament on Monday, a move that was scheduled to take effect Tuesday...
...Zeevi had been one of the more extreme politicians on the Israeli right, openly favoring the mass expulsion of the Palestinian population of the West Bank and Gaza and opposing any renewed dialogue. And he was assassinated by a tiny leftist splinter group equally opposed to resuming talks. Both Zeevi and his killers had occupied the political fringes. But the fringes on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide, these days, have moved dangerously close to the mainstream...
...terrorist activities and suicide bombings has long been known, and for too long Arafat has allowed it to prepare for attacks against Israel on PA-governed territory. Hamas has expressed strong support for Osama bin Laden, and Palestinian officials have said it was behind the Oct. 9 riot in Gaza. Its sympathies are, and have always been, clear. Arafat must realize that there is no substantive difference between groups like Hamas or Hezbollah and Osama bin Laden—all are willing to slaughter innocents for their own misguided political objectives, and none will stop unless they are brought...
...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...