[Slings and Arrows]

The Machiavellian genius of Ariel Sharon foresaw all of this, which is why he is desperate to withdraw the Gaza Jews into a Fortress Israel.

I don't know whether this is in fact the case, but it actually makes sense.

[cloud8]

1. Bloody civil war...will the EU let it happen? Will Sharon? I predict blue helmets in there by Xmas.

2. What about all the money? Some say Arafat was sitting on billions. That's what they're going to fight over. Use it as the price of admission to get these Arabs repatriated into Jordan.

3. Only good will come of this monster's death.

4. Who is the "English Godfather of Palestinian Terrorism" referred to in the article? T.E. Lawrence?

[Mr. Mojo]

"What Arafat didn't know was that Ceaucescu's secret police, the Securitatae, would covertly film his bedroom escapades [with little boys]. The Israeli intel agency Mossad has copies. Ask any Mossad guy about them and he rolls over in a fit of laughter."

I wonder if ole Yasser knew what the Mossad had in their possession?

Died of AIDS, most likely. .....hopefully it was painful.

[pete anderson]

When Yes Sir is Dead and gone I think Bush will make a big push for the establishment of Palestine.

[MoralSense]

Amin Al-Husseini "founded the Palestine Liberation Organization, mentored his nephew Rahman Abdul Rauf al-Qudwa al-Husseini, and turned the leadership of the PLO over to him. His nephew assumed the alias of Yasser Arafat." Mmmm. Dubious. Gamel Abdel-Nasser, president of Egypt, created the PLO in about 1966, according to David Oren, author of a history of the 1968 war (good book, too). Arafat, who may or may not be al Husseini's nephew, took it over, making the claim that the PLO were "stooges of Nasser" -- i.e., he radicalized the organization, which until then had been a troublemaking cat's paw for Egypt.

[SunkenCiv]

The only quibble that comes to mind is, just as the Israeli towns are not "settlements", the "refugee camps" are towns. These "refugee camps" began due to the belief that the Jews would be swept into the sea by the invading neighboring states, and have existed since 1947. 57 years, and no one has built a permanent house? I doubt it, but if it were true, it would show that the Arabs really are bone-idle bums (to use a phrase from PJ O'Rourke).

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[expatguy]

If there are tapes of Arafat then why not release them?

[SJackson]

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[Cinnamon Girl]

Clearing out of Gaza will only be a beneficial idea if the fence surrounds it and the so-called Palestinians are told that they are NOT citizens of Israel and therefore have NO RIGHT to set foot in Israel. And then Israel will have to fight the temptation to give in to EU pressure to "help the poor unemployed palestinians."

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

The Palestinian Arabs without Arafat are leaderless. There will be open warfare between various Palestinian mafias.

Peace for Israel can only come after these various Palestinian mafias finish killing each other off.

Good. The sooner, the better. The world will be a better place after this human debris is gone.