Tbar220 From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 7011 posts, RR: 28 Posted (10 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 990 times:
I just came across an idea which struck me. Somebody told me the reason that Arafat doesn't accept peace with the Israeli's is that he knows he'll be a dead man if he does. A Hamas assassin will be the first to kill him if he does this.
Jwenting From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 10213 posts, RR: 21 Reply 1, posted (10 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 961 times:
Possibly. But also he does not wish for peace because that would mean compromise and the abandonment of his lifelong ambition of the destruction of Israel and Jews in general.
The loss of power (and possibly his life) is a minor annoyance compared to that, power can be regained and on death he must surely go to paradise after being responsible for killing so many of his enemies.
Krushny From Spain, joined Dec 2000, 776 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (10 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 959 times:
His assessination has been tried many times (by Israelis or by rival Palestinian groups), I do not think this will change whether he accepts peace or not. He knows how to protect himself. Anyway he is an old and sick man, he will not be around much longer.
But you are right this is some kind of ME tradition, murdering leaders who sign peace accords (Sadat, Rabin).
SAS23 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (10 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 933 times:
Arafat has publicly stated on many, many occasions that he fully accepts the right of Israel to exist. He is not fighting for the destruction of Israel and all the Jews as Jwenting claims ... rather, for the removal of a brutal oppressor and for an independent nation state rather than an apartheid-style bantustan as presently exists.
Avi From Israel, joined Sep 2001, 922 posts, RR: 6 Reply 5, posted (10 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 935 times:
But you are right this is some kind of ME tradition, murdering leaders who sign peace accords (Sadat, Rabin).
You can add to that list the Lebanon president in 1983 (?) Bashir Jomael who declared he want peace with Israel and shortly after was murdered in a car bomb explosion (the Syrian intelligence was behind it).
Avi From Israel, joined Sep 2001, 922 posts, RR: 6 Reply 6, posted (10 years 7 months 1 week 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 928 times:
Arafat has publicly stated on many, many occasions that he fully accepts the right of Israel to exist. He is not fighting for the destruction of Israel and all the Jews as Jwenting claims ...
I don’t think there is one leader in the world who care what Arafat says anymore. Only his actions are taking into a count and he doesn’t get any points here.
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