Yasser Arafat
He was the incarnation of the hopes of the Palestinian people. He made their cause famous, respectable and coherent. He leaves a power vacuum in his wake. He was an historical figure of great importance. Europe understands that; evidently, the Bushies do not. Still, I will not miss him.
As dynamic and grand as he was early in his career, he seemed to me--and to a lot of Moslim observers--to have shrunk to become no more than an old man locked in a personal vendetta with his arch-enemy, Ariel Sharon. What we saw of late was the spectacle of two old-timers, each hating the other, each willing to do anything in order to spite the other. The Palestinians deserved better. The Jews deserved better. The cause of peace required better. It was time that at least one of them withdrew from the conflict.
I hope his place will be filled by a leader who can work effectively for peace and resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It's the only way any progress will be made. And it's the only way Israel can survive as a nation.
posted by Bert S. @ 4:20 PM
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Sharon fucked Arafat. Arafat fucked the Palestinians. He did not get to see the promissed land, and his actions pretty much iced it for his people. The best thing he did for them in the last 10 years is die. He'd have done much better if he had died 10 years ago.
But Arafat got as good as he gave: he gave Israel Sharon, who fucked the Isralis where Arafat could not.
A machiavellian analysis of the settlements will tell whether or not the Israelis can keep what they have.
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