[a_witness]

N'ough said! This Pope is a fraud.

because Arafat is appealing to him ? Has John Paul said something in this matter to earn your accusation ? At the very least you should give him the benefit of the doubt and await his response, if any. BTW Arafat's wife is a CINO. Who else would marry and carry the seed of an Islamic terrorist ?

[lavaroise]

Arafat is a snake and smells well with his forked tongue.

[Michael2001]

"BTW Arafat's wife is a CINO"

Is she even that? I heard she converted to Islam.

[a_witness]

Okay, I take it back. The Vatican is throwing their lot in with the Islamic terrorist Yasser Arafat.
1. Arafat will be allowed to leave Ramallah to attend Christmas Mass in Bethlehem if he arrests the assassins of slain tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi by sundown, Israel said today.
2. Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls, asked about Israel's refusal to let Arafat travel to the town of Jesus' birth unless he arrests the assassins of cabinet minister Rehavam Ze'evi, said: "Through the [Vatican's] Secretary of State, a diplomatic step has been made to avoid this arbitrarily imposed ban and to thus facilitate a more conciliatory climate in the area." He did not elaborate on what step the Vatican's diplomatic branch had taken.

BTW, Arafat's comment "Who is [Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon to keep me from Bethlehem," reminds me of the comment by another Egyptian, And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.

Arafat should be arrested for murder and conspiracy to commit murder.