ARAFAT MUST GO

James Joyner · Tuesday, May 27, 2003 · 4 Comments

The AP (via Yahoo!News) reports a new wrinkle in the Arab-Palestinian peace process:

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat stepped in to assert Tuesday that he Ã¢€” not his prime minister Ã¢€” is in charge of the Palestinian side in negotiations with Israel, throwing plans for an Israeli-Palestinian summit into confusion.

Arafat has long outlived his usefulness. It would not be a bad thing if a bullet were to “accidentally” find his skull.

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jen says:

Tuesday, May 27, 2003 at 21:40

Surely you jest. :wink:

I don’t understand why we (the US) didn’t put more pressure on him long ago. Of course, Clinton was best friends with him, which weirdly gave the terrorist credibility.

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Steven says:

Tuesday, May 27, 2003 at 21:50

He is clearly an impediment to peace. Of course, I have thought that ever since he rejected that offer at Camp David.

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Laurence Simon says:

Tuesday, May 27, 2003 at 21:58

Worst of it all is Bush stopping by an Arab country for a pre-Sharon/Abbas summit. It’s just like Powell building a coalition before getting smacked down by Palestinian insistence on Death to Israel except one idiot higher up on the food chain.

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John Lemon says:

Tuesday, May 27, 2003 at 23:30

Arafat won a Peace Prize in 1994.

Hat tip: James Taranto.

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