Michael, I usually stay out of discussions of Israel/Palestine/the Middle East because I am awae of the depth of my ignorance, however -- I really don't think what is going on is a whitewash, certainly nothing to compare with what took place when Reagan died.
I am still reading the NYT obituary and it seems to me that it portrays a complex, driven man, who is important if only because he was a Palestinian leader for so long. I am only on page 2 but there have already been been three (I think) mentions of responsibility for terrorist activity and for failure to reach a peace accord in 2000.... that doesn't really seem like blind adulation? Dana On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:22:57 -0500, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, Arafat is dead. The man raped his own people for money, invented airline > hijacking, killed more Jews this side of the Nazis and now all that is being > 'forgotten'. I read all over the place how he was a symbol of his peoples > desire > for independence, peace and/or equality. Nothing said about his attempt to > take > over Jordan which resulted in more Palestinians being killed than in many > years > of their intefata. No mention of his support for Saddam during gulf war 1. No > mention of his hand in the hell that was Lebanon. No mention of his direct > hand > in terrorism even after getting the Nobel peace prize (now a hollow prize > because of him). No mention of all the things that he's done. Only the > 'illusion' of a statesman. > Makes me sick to my stomach. > > -- > Michael Dinowitz > House of Fusion > http://www.houseoffusion.com > Finding technical solutions to the problems you didn't know you had yet > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135540 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
