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Middle East
Yasser temper tantrum disrupts Beirut summit
2002-03-27
  • Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, hosting an Arab summit that is supposed to showcase a Saudi plan for Middle East peace, sought to rescue it from collapse Wednesday after a Palestinian walkout. The Palestinians quit the morning session in fury over what they said was Lahoud's refusal to let their leader Yasser Arafat address the summit by satellite from his West Bank base.

    Lahoud reconvened the meeting after a lengthy delay, saying there had been a "misunderstanding" over Arafat's speech. "I say we are all determined that his speech reach the summit and through it the world," he said. "We agreed with the Palestinians that it should be recorded and then broadcast to the summit because direct transmission would have given Israel the chance to interfere with the speech." But Palestinian delegates stayed out of the conference hall and one of them said they were waiting for Arafat, prevented by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from attending the summit, to tell them whether they should resume their seats or leave.
    How do you say "laughingstock" in Arabic?
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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