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Arafat Feuds With UN
Posted on: Friday, July 16, 2004
What does one make of this: Terje Larsen, the UN envoy to the Middle East has been declared persona non grata by chairman Arafat. The reason? He criticized the Palestinian "authority" for doing ef-all to fight against violence and corruption in its territories. He stated: "The PA, despite consistent promises by its leadership, has made no progress on its core obligation to take immediate action on the ground to end violence and combat terror and to reform and reorganize the Palestinian Authority. [...] All those who yearn for peace have already and repeatedly argued [chairman] Arafat, in public and in private, [must] take immediate action to restore this diminished credibility." If EVEN the virulently anti-Israel Larsen of the even MORE virulently anti-Israel UN says something like that, then the tide really has begun to turn. Surely everyone with a clear mind has by now realized that Arafat is a spent force; bitter, venal, intransigent, maladroit and frankly useless old man. This would be bad enough if he were leader of some whatnotistan in central Asia. But he is leader of a principal party in one of the longest running and high-profile conflicts on Earth who has been the main obstacle to resolving it for the past decade or so. His time ran out years ago. The UN has now seen it, too. סוף-סוף
An equally important point to note is how the PA reacted to this criticism: pretty much the way they and other despotic, totalitarian regimes react to any dissent. They banished Mr. Larsen from their jurisdiction. If he were Palestinian, he'd have been thrown in prison or publicly executed as a "collaborator". Contrast this with the way every schnook from small-time never-have-been politicians like George Galloway to Jew-haters masquerading as journalists like Orla Guerin traipse around Eretz Tzion when and where they please.
Posted on: Friday, July 16, 2004
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What does one make of this: Terje Larsen, the UN envoy to the Middle East has been declared persona non grata by chairman Arafat. The reason? He criticized the Palestinian "authority" for doing ef-all to fight against violence and corruption in its territories. He stated: "The PA, despite consistent promises by its leadership, has made no progress on its core obligation to take immediate action on the ground to end violence and combat terror and to reform and reorganize the Palestinian Authority. [...] All those who yearn for peace have already and repeatedly argued [chairman] Arafat, in public and in private, [must] take immediate action to restore this diminished credibility." If EVEN the virulently anti-Israel Larsen of the even MORE virulently anti-Israel UN says something like that, then the tide really has begun to turn. Surely everyone with a clear mind has by now realized that Arafat is a spent force; bitter, venal, intransigent, maladroit and frankly useless old man. This would be bad enough if he were leader of some whatnotistan in central Asia. But he is leader of a principal party in one of the longest running and high-profile conflicts on Earth who has been the main obstacle to resolving it for the past decade or so. His time ran out years ago. The UN has now seen it, too. סוף-סוף
An equally important point to note is how the PA reacted to this criticism: pretty much the way they and other despotic, totalitarian regimes react to any dissent. They banished Mr. Larsen from their jurisdiction. If he were Palestinian, he'd have been thrown in prison or publicly executed as a "collaborator". Contrast this with the way every schnook from small-time never-have-been politicians like George Galloway to Jew-haters masquerading as journalists like Orla Guerin traipse around Eretz Tzion when and where they please.
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