If Arafat wanted Palestinian statehood he would accepted the Barak/Clinton deal -- an incredible deal (for the Palestinians) that's never likely to be presented again. This rejection led rational people to conclude that Arafat didn't want either peace or a Palestinian state (unless it was built upon the dead bodies of every Jew in Israel), but a perpetual state of war.
Merit to his cause? Only if one sympathizes with terrorists.
If Arafat wanted Palestinian statehood he would accepted the Barak/Clinton deal -- an incredible deal (for the Palestinians),,,
__It's hard to say what the deal
was...according to Richard Ben Cramer, it involved dividing the West Bank into 3 regions all separated by Israeli-controlled
spaces...Arafat could never accept that..that was occupation in another form
that's never likely to be presented again. This rejection led rational people to conclude that Arafat didn't want either peace or a Palestinian state (unless it was built upon the dead bodies of every Jew in Israel),
but a perpetual state of war..
__I said Arafat was corrupt...but his cause wasn't...which is why he differs from Saddam Hussein...he was a failure,,,he could have become a statesman...but he couldnt handle it and reverted to his old ways...
The cause of a Palestinian state for a stateless group of people is supported by President Bush.