Posted on 11/12/2004 1:37:50 PM PST by yonif
“…when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.” Proverbs 29:2
This week Yasser Arafat, the most hateful and bitter enemy of the Jews since the times of Adolph Hitler, died. It wasn’t during an act of blowing oneself up, like he instructed his subjects to do, but of causes he wasn’t planning on experiencing. Instead of entering a world Arafat assured all those terrorists he gave suicide belts to (72 virgins), Arafat will most likely be meeting many of his former comrades in a different situation.
Perhaps the best description of feelings surrounding Arafat’s disappearance can be exhibited with remarks made by two members of Israel’s parliament. Member of Knesset (MK) Effie Eitam of the National Religious Party had this to say, “There have been rare occasions in history where we have met blood and flesh full of evil. On this day the blood of thousands of our brothers cries out from the ground.” MK Aryeh Eldad of the National Union remarked, “Arafat was the biggest murderer of Jews since the Holocaust of European Jewry. I have one good thing to say about him – finally he is dead.”
Arafat murdered left and right, wounded and orphaned thousands of Jews during the last decades since being with the PLO terrorist group in the 1960s. This Islamic terrorist was not only responsible for planning and massacring Jews wherever they may be around the world and in Israel, but he and his underlings butchered non-Israelis and non-Jews as well. As it has been clearly documented, it was his ideology of slaughter which have been seen put to use by Islamic terrorists all over the world, whether it be Al Queda terrorists hijacking planes and using them as missiles in the US, whether it be Chechen Islamists massacring children in Beslan, or whether it be blowing up public transportation in Spain. The wretch was responsible for planting the seeds of sorrow in the homes of thousands of individuals in Israel and others throughout the world. During just the years between 1993 and 2004, his terrorist group or Islamic groups he harbored murdered almost 1500 Jews and injured thousands, including maiming victims as well.
This gruesome individual may be dead, but his ideology lives on. This is the main reason why the death of Arafat is not the dawn of a new day; it will simply be a repeat of the day, the same day that has continued and meant anguish for Jews in Israel and around the world since Arafat came to lead the PLO and later the Palestinian Authority in the early 1990s. A day which will not have Arafat immortalized physically, but mentally. Point of fact, Arafat was never the problem - it was his brainwashed society which gave way for such a leader to rise and be emboldened. And this society will continue to be brainwashed as long as the PLO and PA are in charge, giving weapons for children to use against Jews. Indeed, a factory of death.
The Arabs in Judea, Samaria (“West Bank”) and Gaza make up a society which is ruled by the belief in the murder of Jews and Christians. They are fed on a daily basis that the State of Israel must be destroyed. Militant Islam has its way and controls all mediums which reach the populace using a totalitarian nature. This is spread not just by the regime, but also by the media, schools and mosques. The regime also harbors these institutions and groups inciting this propaganda, allowing them free movement. Sure Arafat is gone, but the reality on the ground is that someone like him will rise to power. That is why even with elections, you should not deal with the "elected" leaders, because they are brought to power through that society.
Granted, there will be a change in leadership, which I believe will be smarter than Arafat. Smarter in the sense for starters they will shave and wear suits instead of military fatigues. They will be smart not in that they will abandon their idea of destroying Israel and pushing the Jews into the sea, but in how they work with foreign capitals. They will be smarter in how they present their views, and they will be the kind of leaders who would accept the 2000 Israel proposal for a state in Gaza and most of the “West Bank,” not because they see peace as an end, but because they see “peace” as a tactic. Land ceded to them will not promote good neighborly relations, but an opportunity for their murderous armies to expand in power. After receiving this, and have no doubt this will probably occur in the future due to heavy international pressure on Israel, their armies of terror will have gotten a push to achieving their goals of destroying Israel.
Their goals of course will never be achieved, due to Israel’s military strength, but in the process this time a greater number of Jews are going to lose their lives and maybe then the world will realize its mistakes. Ironically, some today are talking about Arafat’s “mistakes” and that is the extent of their disaffection with Arafat. Not one country in this world has condemned Arafat, even as he no longer is here. Not one country called him what he was - a mass murderer of Jews. “Diplomatic” speak you say? There is no room for politics here. You either agree he was such a person, or you put yourself in a camp blaming his victims.
Those “just” leaders expressing sadness for the death of the slaughterer include people like Kofi Annan (“deeply moved”), Jimmy Carter (“powerful human spirit”), Jacque Chirac (“a man of courage”), Nelson Mandela (“an outstanding freedom fighter”), Tony Blair (he led his people to a “historic acceptance”), Vladimir Putin (“heavy loss”), Hu Jintau (“Chinese people lost a great friend”). And the list goes on. Leaders from the rest of the EU Arafat friendly countries, African leaders, Brazil’s president, others in Latin America, and Asia all had much to say about Arafat. It is understandable that some regimes in this world, many of them practicing the same “traditions” of Arafat, laud this man. But the sickening part about it is the presence of countries which are “free” doing his bidding. Will not one of them spend three minutes mourning the victims, rather than mourning the perpetrator? I suppose they will be attending Osama’s funeral?
Have no doubt. It is going to continue to be bloody for Israelis. It will continue that way until people realize that it doesn't matter which leader is in power and it doesn't matter who is talking to the cameras. What really matters are the facts on the ground which everyone continues to deny. There is a cult of death encompassing most of the population there. Peace can only be achieved when the facts on the ground are changed. But this can’t happen when you talk and appease Arab leaders who embolden these things and want this environment to stay that way. The death of Arafat brings no change to the facts on the ground, what it does change is the image of Arafat to the world being the one calling the shots. What does this mean? This means a new initiative to "peace" is in order. And we all know what these initiatives have resulted in, whether they have been in 1993 (Oslo Accords), 1998 (Wye River), 2000 (Camp David) or 2003 (Roadmap). Every single one of these schemes for peace with the PLO has resulted in sadness in Israel throughout history. Continuing these initiatives lengthens these facts on the ground, by bolstering the regimes and institutions which spread and contain this cult of death, instead of working to weaken them. In the end the only “peace” seen will be the word itself on Israeli tombstones.
If there is to be peace the world must work to remove the cancer from the society, the cancer which brainwashes the Arabs on a daily basis. Removing that cancer starts with isolating the regime and cutting off international funds to it. Additionally, the regime must cease to be looked at as a partner for “peace.” There will never be a peaceful resolution as long as there is a leadership which shouts "peace" in English and "Jihad" in Arabic. I pray this time it will take less then 1500 Israelis murdered for the world to finally wake up.
Ping.
Evil is correctamundo.
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Good job.
rudy is on sean right now shooting straight about araRat. Rudy is the man. He threw araRat out of a party once 'cause he had no ticket. bwahahahahahahahahaaha!
Excellent column - thanks for posting.
Excellent!
"Their goals of course will never be achieved, due to Israel’s military strength"
Yonif, this sentence says everything. The day will come when they get the idea that they can't destroy the jewish state, as Egypt and Jordan already understood.
Now it's up to our government to decide whether we put a quick end to this or wheter we continue to suffer and pull out of Gaza.
However eventually they will understand, and the peace will come. We are fighting for the justice and for our right to exist, and we will win.
Will they have a 21 car bomb salute in Arafat's honor at the funeral?
The media is trying to make this terrorist dirtbag look like a statesman.
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BTTT
Excellent!
Great Job!
Tony Blair (he led his people to a “historic acceptance”),
Surprised at this reaction. Thought Tony was cool up until now.
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Good posting! It really says it like it is.
I have to say that I have been somewhat surprised by the media's embrace of Islam's War on Civilization(TM).
For all my life (until recently) they have been aligned with the Jewish people (if only hypocritically) and stridently opposed to anti-Semitism.
Suddenly, almost overnight, they're butt-slurping the Jews' (and Christendom's) worst enemies. How to account for this?
Is it just a case of, "The enemy of Western Civilization is my friend?" Birds of an evil feather flock together? Satan changing the focus of his useful idiots?
Is there any way the media comes out of this looking good? Is there any credible excuse for their behavior?
They were on the other side in the Cold War, the Vietnam War, in every little act of discipline Ronaldus Magnus executed, in both Gulf Wars...and now they're on the other side in Islam's War on Civilization(TM).
Is there no way we can rid ourselves of this fifth column?
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