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Arafat & the Terror Record

Palestinian Authority Columnist on the Causes of Child Suicide Attacks and How to Stop Them
May 6, 2002
http://www.memri.org/bin/opener.cgi?Page=archives&ID=SP37602

An article in the Palestinian Authority daily Al-Ayyam by columnist Ashraf Al-'Ajrami addressed the phenomenon of Palestinian children carrying out suicide attacks and the roots of this trend. Al-'Ajrami demanded that the PA take measures to stop this type of attack.
Presents the physical and psychological impact on children of the Al-Aksa Intifada who then offer themselves as "martyrs. Their simplified world-view is exploited and their loyalty is exploited no less by public speeches than by those eager to peddle ineffective arms to defenseless children. Suggests a series of supervisory and constructive ideas to engage children at home and school.

Arafat Always Goes Too Far - A retrospective: 30 years of terror
Robert L. Pollock
The Wall Street Journal, Apr 2, 2002 (originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal, July 9, 2001.)
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=105001858

Historical summary from Black September onwards sets context of terror as political strategy.

Promises but Never Peace
Michael Kelly
The Washington Post Wednesday, April 3, 2002; Page A23
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54332-2002Apr2.html

Arafat-PA despotism since 1993: no serious attempts to disarm terror factions; plus creation of guerilla army. Rejection of Camp David proposals proves they seek war and Israel's defeat - not peace.

Arafat's past comes back to haunt him
George Jonas
National Post January 16, 2002
Archived at: http://www.netanyahu.org/arpastcombakt.html

Revealing evidence linking Arafat to Khartoum murders of 3 US diplomats in 1973 and the changed attitude of the US administration.

 

 

 

 


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