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2003-09-10 Middle East

Jerusalem Post Editorial: We Must Kill Arafat

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Posted by Frank G 2003-09-10 9:43:36 PM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Powerful words. I couldn't agree more.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2003-9-10 10:23:00 PM|| 2003-9-10 10:23:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 But I very much disagree. The Israelis have hit on exactly the right tactic - making war on Hamas, rather than the PA - and they should stick with it.

Arafat is powerless at the moment, a mere obstructionist. His senility is becoming more obvious, clouding his judgment (such as it was) to a greater extent. Hamas is the obvious, internationally recognized bad guy in the demise of the road map. Bumping off Yasser at this moment, even exiling him, fogs the issue, widening it to include all of Paleostine. Israel should concentrate on thumping Hamas mercilessly, hitting at the politburo again and again, until all of them are dead, and any successors are dead or on the run, with Mossad agents hunting them down from Iceland to Nouakchott.

Listen! For the first time I can remember, there's no world outcry to "stop the killing."

Posted by Fred 2003-9-10 10:53:00 PM|| 2003-9-10 10:53:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm with Fred on this.
I might even go one further. The best that could happen is for al-Qaeda to try to carry out their threat against Arafat and for the Israelis to save his life.

Posted by Dishman 2003-9-10 11:07:16 PM|| 2003-9-10 11:07:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Half-right, Fred. The world has finally gotten to the point where it can't hide from the fact that the problem with Israeli-Palestinian peace is the Palestinians. That's a major sea-change, and it's just about world-wide now. Even the Arabs understand this. The world has also finally admitted something that it knew all along, and refused to admit: Hamas, Fatah, and all the other Arab groups, LIKE to kill "Jews". The world has finally awakened to the understanding that "it's the Jews today, and me tomorrow". So let them take out the little weasel. At the same time, don't stop taking out the members of Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, and anybody else that wants to "kill Jews". They're doing us a favor. Let's accept and respect that.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-9-10 11:09:53 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-9-10 11:09:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I have no problem with the strategy, only with the timing. What's not appropriate now will be appropriate next year.

Posted by Fred 2003-9-10 11:19:43 PM|| 2003-9-10 11:19:43 PM|| Front Page Top

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