It is tragic that you would believe this pretense. He USED "his people" (there are no Palestinian people-they are Arabs like everyone around them) for his own greedy devices. He encouraged "his people" to strap bombs to themselves. He used "his people" to extort billions from gullible leaders to hide away in his own Swiss accounts while he kept "his people" in squalor and ignorance so he could breed hatred into them for the Jews. (Izzy)
Now you're being a silly little girl :^). I never said there WAS a Palestinian People. The nation of Jordan was created for the ragtags no one else wanted. The "his people" consists of about 300,000 people ousted even from Jordan about the time of the Oslo I Peace Accord. I understand his greed. I already addressed the bomb strappings in a previous post without calling them bomb but you're just looking for a fight. The Swiss Accounts are something of a rumor. I tend to believe hey exist because the infrastructure was rarely improved as the money was to be used. Munitions were purchased and bartered but unless he was paying about 1500% more than he weapons were worth, he socked a bunch away, $68,000,000,000 [in development aid] I would bet. This rumor comes from internationally vended opinions and conjectures like the following:
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Allegations that Arafat misappropriated international funds emerged earlier this week when German public broadcaster ARD ran a report with documents showing that Arafat wired $5.1 million in September 2001 to a personal account at the Arab Bank in Cairo. The report said the millions may also have included international aid money.
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In light of the allegations, CDU's spokesman on Middle East policy, Ruprecht Polenz, called for the blocking of Arafat's account, "in which aid money is apparently sitting illegally." However, Polenz warned against taking blanket financial sanctions against the Palestinian Authority -- a move he said could strengthen opponents of the peace process, including the militant Hamas group. (Slade)
I could go on and on, but I think it would fall upon deaf ears. Either you see the obvious truth or you fall for the scam. Tragic, indeed. (Izzy)
I do not have deaf ears. I understand every one of your concern plus many others. It all goes back to the original source of the disagreement that causes Judy to be temporarily speechless... How are we to react to those who have an obvious humanity problem? Do we become like them and hate or do we take the higher road? Do we continue to hope that the Spirit of Redemption can push away the dark clouds of hate and the chains of blindness, or are we fall to the base elements of humanity and hope and pray for their destruction, both in this life and the life to come? The obvious truth is that we should hope all come to embrace the God of Israel. (Slade)
