Word: yasser
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...Iraq could prove a difficult and delicate task. Above all, it will require a serious effort -- especially on the part of the U.S. -- to pursue a settlement of the Palestinian problem. Who will speak for the Palestinians is a crucial unresolved question. By allying himself with Saddam, P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat has made himself more unpalatable than ever to the West; he has long been anathema to the Israelis. Given Arafat's exploded credibility, some Western diplomats say their governments might again look to King Hussein as the Palestinians' spokesman...
...example: "Pardon me, Yasser, but would you care to contribute to the United Jewish Appeal...
...Palestinians feel let down again, they will almost certainly become still more militant. Among the likely results are an aggravation of international terrorism and more bloodshed in the occupied territories. Already the moderate elements of the P.L.O. have been hit hard. Chairman Yasser Arafat has managed to lose both the backing of his wealthy Arab patrons (for supporting Saddam) and that of the street (for not supporting Saddam enough). Last week Arafat's faction suffered a crushing blow when a Palestinian, apparently working for P.L.O. dissident Abu Nidal, assassinated Abu Iyad, the organization's No. 2 leader...
Yitzhak Shamir and Yasser Arafat are Old Paradigm. The trouble is that there is no New Paradigm for them to migrate to. Not yet, or maybe not ever. Most of the conflicts in the world occur because the parties cannot shed themselves of the Old Paradigm and find the new one. It is difficult to run a closed universe on an open and shrinking planet...
Many of the original founders of the P.L.O. began their careers and formed their revolutionary strategy in Kuwait in the late 1950s, including Yasser Arafat, who was a civil engineer in Kuwait's public-works ministry while organizing Fatah on the side. It was Kuwait that arranged the infamous meeting between the P.L.O.'s United Nations representative and U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young; Kuwait that refused the nomination of an American ambassador because he had previously served as consul in Jerusalem; Kuwait that broke diplomatic relations with West Germany in 1965, when Bonn recognized Israel; Kuwait that dutifully deducted a tithe...