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What Abbas's Actions Tell Us About Arafat

(Ha'aretz) Ze'ev Schiff - The speed and the way in which the deployment of the large Palestinian force in northern Gaza was executed indicated that the force had always been ready, but that someone had prevented its deployment and involvement. In other words, Yasser Arafat did not want to do so because he had an interest in continuing the violent conflict. One man prevented the deployment of these forces because he did not want to end the military dispute. One man did not consider the heavy losses incurred by his people. There is no other way to read the situation. Although Arafat is considered, justifiably, the father of the Palestinian revolution, he was a violent man who used rhetoric and crude lies when he said he was interested in ending the violence. Israel was not the only place he acted this way. He also caused the deaths of thousands of Arabs in Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. This is part of the heritage he left behind him. It is a shame that he also deceived so many Israelis almost to his dying day.
2005-02-04 00:00:00
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