[SJackson]

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[Victoria Delsoul]

The goal of our struggle is the end of Israel, and there can be no compromises or mediators... We don't want peace; we want victory. Peace for us means Israel's destruction and nothing else.

That is what Arafat and his new Cabinet members believed yesterday, believe today, and will continue to believe in the unforeseeable future. Would Arafat today repudiate his quote? And if he did, who would believe him? In fact, could any Arab leader today repudiate Arafat's words?

One simple answer, NO.