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Mohammed J. Herzallah’s effusive affection for Yasir Arafat in his latest op-ed (“The Day After Arafat,” 11/12/04) is testament to the absolute cult of violence that persists today in Palestinian society, even amongst moderates. It was saddening to read such ignorance to the thousands of people whose deaths Arafat personally orchestrated and funded, and to see this mass murderer painted so lovingly...
...said that Israel has made several attempts at peace, including a 2001 offer of Palestinian statehood. But he blamed Palestinian National Authority President Yasir Arafat for turning down this offer...
Dershowitz placed most of the blame on the Palestinian leadership, calling Yasir Arafat “the worst leader a people could possibly have...
Among advocates for peace, there are no optimists. There are only those like former Israeli justice minister Yossi Beilin, and former Palestinian information minister Yasir Abed Rabbo, who refuse to endure a grim status quo. After two and a half years of back-channel negotiations, they signed their unofficial Geneva Accord on Dec. 1, a detailed vision of a two-state solution that settles questions that previous efforts, including Bush’s stillborn Roadmap, dared not touch...
When I first offered to let Yasir Arafat stay with me in Old Quincy, I thought I was just doing the right thing. I have extra room in my suite, and he needs a place to crash now that Sharon is giving him the boot. But from the moment he came through the door he did nothing but complain...