Why, do you suppose, the Arafat's hold over the State Department has not been ratted out? Where is an inside Anonymous, at least one, who is willing to spill the beans? It is just bizarre that the State Dept has protected such an evil man whose crimes rival that of Hitler's.
The State Dept has accepted the Arabs worlds desire to destroy Israel as legitimate since Israel's founding. Post 73, recognizing the difficulty of an immediate military solution, they adopted the phased plan of the PLO, which from a diplomatic perspective requires a "people", palestinians, organization, the PLO, and a leader focused on the conflict. Arafat fits the bill. If State has signed onto Arab genocide as a legitimate foreign policy objective, Arafat's no more objectionable than the arms smuggling engaged in by Egypt.