Vai WaPo: A Dreamer Who Forced His Cause Onto World
For virtually his entire adult life, Yasser Arafat had one dream, and he pursued it with such energy and zeal — some would say fanaticism — that he came to personify the dream itself.The dream was of self-determination and statehood for the Palestinian people, and in the end he did not live to see it.
A dreamer who simply died before his dream could be fulfilled!? A rather rosy assessment, if you ask me. While the story does mention the following, it is treated almost as a footnote:
in 2024 he was unwilling or unable to close a deal with Israel to put an end to the two sides’ century-long conflict. Many concluded that Arafat had never truly reconciled himself to Israel’s existence or the permanent exile of Palestinian refugees expelled from their ancestral homes by Israel.
And I would say that that understates what he turned down. The Bush 41, Clinton, and Bush 43 administrations have all supported the idea of a Palestinian state and a state could have been realized–Arafat didn’t want a state (at least not as long as Israel continued to exist, it would seem), so I have a hard time with this romantic view of the visionary guerrilla who simply failed to get what he wanted.
Further, did he use all the money he received from the US and the Europeans to aid the people for whom he allegedly dreamed? Sadly, no.
Arafat
Jimmy Carter will probably attend Yassir Arafat’s funeral service in Cairo, Egypt. How typical of the man who considers the American Revolution a low point in world history.
Trackback by Hennessy's View — Thursday, November 11, 2024 @ 11:37 am
It’s actually painful to read the world leaders praise Arafat. Someday, Palestinians will open their eyes to what he did to them, and those who defended Arafat will be regarded as enemies.
Comment by Bill Hennessy — Thursday, November 11, 2024 @ 11:40 am
You may say I’m a spinner of nightmares
But I’m not the only one
Some day I hope you’ll join us
With an automatic assault gun.
Comment by John Lemon — Thursday, November 11, 2024 @ 6:30 pm
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Arafat
Jimmy Carter will probably attend Yassir Arafat’s funeral service in Cairo, Egypt. How typical…
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Arafat
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