Yep, adgree 100%, Mark.

Arafat plays both ends against the middle, and then runs screaming to the international community when it looks like he will get his ass handed to him. Sits calmly by, protected by the "international community" and ISM while his henchmen slaughter civilians, but then cries that he is not a "legitimate" target. I hope he can hear the clock ticking. It's amazing to me that Israel has let him continue to direct combat operations while pretending to be a non-combatant.

I saw a picture of him extolling the mob outside his office to go forth and maryr themselves. Hidden behind bodyguards so deep you could only see the top of his head.

He's so afraid, yet calls for everyone else to die.

Well, him first.

So much for your commitment to democracy, Arafat was elected, unlike your puppet govt in Iraq.

There will be a sea of fire if anything happens to Arafat, perhaps you are thinking "bring it on" but we know where that leads.

Arafat elected? Surely you're joking. This election was much like the one Saddam put on for international consumption.

Sea of fire? So what else are they going to threaten-chilling the blood of Jews? Killing them where they sleep? Not much to say about that except the terrorist scum already does that and worse.

Surely you can't get more democratic than 100% of the vote, right?

Arafat is a blustering bully and coward. Sea of fire? Oh please, like the one after Gulf War I, or Afghanistan? or Iraq?

The so called arab street is as toothless as the European one. Arafat has yet to keep a promise, not one!............He is the reason there is no peace already, because he won't allow it.

He wages war on Israel, well then, it's time to pay the piper. Cause if you think for one second Arafat wouldn't have Sharon killed if he could, then you are blind and deaf.

Nice try but the election was:

Local and international election monitors characterized the election as generally free and fair, with some reservations. During the electoral campaign, both Palestinian and Israeli authorities were responsible for incidents in which some candidates and their supporters were detained; Arafat loyalists reportedly pressured some independent candidates to withdraw, and there were also incidents of voter intimidation, particularly by the Israeli authorities in East Jerusalem. Certain candidates for the council were denied equal access to PA-controlled media.166

Despite these measures and some irregularities reported in the tallying of votes, thirty-five seats went to independents.167 The winners included Faris Hamid Kadura of Ramallah and Hatem `Eid of Jerusalem, both independent candidates chosen by Fatah in its internal elections but later reportedly vetoed by Chairman Arafat. In Gaza City, Dr. Haidar Abd al-Shafi, known for his criticism of both the Israeli-PLO peace process and of Chairman Arafat, won the most votes.168 In the end, Fatah candidates backed by Chairman Arafat won only fifty-two seats.169 Chairman Arafat, running for president, easily defeated his only challenger, social activist Samiha Khalil.

https://www.hrw.org/reports/1997/palestina/Israel-07.htm

"According to council member al-Najjar:

Several members [of the Legislative Council] have brought victims of torture to council meetings and members saw the results of torture. We have passed several resolutions asking the PA to stop torture. [The PA] has then threatened new detainees that if you talk about your arrest, we will create problems and arrest you again. Now victims are afraid and it is difficult for the Legislative Council to get testimony....At the May 22 and 23 [1996] session of the council in Gaza, we asked the justice minister to bring a list of all prisoners, the place they are being detained and the reason for arrest. The justice minister has still not provided any information."

"/" do you even read past the headlines of the stuff you post? The text refutes the claims of legitimacy of the PA, clearly siting intimidation and torture. His election was in 96, 7 YEARS AGO, was the voted in for life clause on the ballot?

Freely elected means more than once in his worthless lifetime. You obviously either can't read well, or have the attention span of a two year old. Do yourself a favor and read the articles you site before you post them, you make my arguement for me.

You aren't very good at this. Do you go to Indymedia alot?

1) I think the demonstrations of the last few days show what support arafat has.

2) do you really think killing the leaders of the Palestinians will bring peace?

Interesting article here:

https://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1041960,00.html
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The Zionist revolution has always rested on two pillars: a just path and an ethical leadership. Neither of these is operative any longer. The Israeli nation today rests on a scaffolding of corruption, and on foundations of oppression and injustice. As such, the end of the Zionist enterprise is already on our doorstep. There is a real chance that ours will be the last Zionist generation. There may yet be a Jewish state here, but it will be a different sort, strange and ugly"

And before you all scream "anti-semite" the author is
" Avraham Burg was speaker of Israel's Knesset in 1999-2003 and is a former chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel

You have GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! Citing Al-Ghardiyan?

Tell me this, you faceless troll:
Which group of people executes gays?
Which group hauls off people labled as "collaboraters" and shoots them, no trial, no chance?
Which group celebrates the death of toddlers?
Which group blows up pizza joints, discos, and busses?
Which group has turned down peace agreement after peace agreement?

If you answered Israel to any of those questions, you're a fucking idiot who doesn't deserve to breath. Why don't you try something other than cut-and-paste from Nazimedia and Donk Underground... say.. actually coming up with an argument? Or are you just another retarded Idiotarian who can't think on his own?

Hell, I think I know the answer to my own question.

Do some research, Burq is a hard left secular Jew who fasten his lips to Arafat's ass at the speed of light rather than admit that the right could be right about anything. He's an idiot. The peace movement is made of draft dodging cowards and radical lefties in Israel, there own people can't stand them........

Not surprising you should qoute his work. Here's a qoute you might consider.

"The chair of the subcommittee, Kamal Sharafi, wrote:

The council devoted much of its time defending the Palestinians detained in PA prisons without any legal grounds. This topic kept being raised in all the council's sessions and members kept demanding the release of those who were not proven guilty. They also called for bringing those proven guilty to appear before a court for trial. However, the Executive Authority ignored all related resolutions claiming that political circumstances are not appropriate."

An Idiot member of the Knesset says Israel is corrupt and you wave it as a flag.

The Palestinian's own council is strongarmed, ignored, and prisoners are routinely imprisoned without trail, tortured and executed. Sited by the very same human rights groups you qoute, and somehow you think Israel is the bad guy every single motherfucking time.

Yeah, I'm calling you a bigot. Cry over that if you care to, I'm past caring what you think anymore.