God doesn't desire that anyone perish. It would have been great to see Arafat repent of his sins, confess all of his evil deeds, and then ask his fellow Pali's to honor Israel as God's chosen people.
How do you know he didn't?
This is true. And it would please the Lord if we pray for our enemies. After all, if the Lord counted OUR every sin, who could stand before Him? God's grace, freely given, has kept believers from a future in Hell.
That said, it's difficult to pray for certain people who have harmed us personally, or like Arafat, have harmed humanity as a whole. Yet, God still wants us to pray for our enemies. This is a COMMAND, not a suggestion.
So here's my answer to the dilemma. I pray for my enemies this way: Lord, I lift up (name) to you. I thank you that you have kept me safe from his/her attempts to harm me. Thank you for your protection, Lord, and I humbly ask that you bring (name) to his/her knees so that he/she won't hurt anyone else. Bring (name) to repentance before you Lord, let (name) see that his/her actions are sinful and hurtful. Let him/her repent and then accept you as Savior. I ask this in Jesus' name, amen.
I don't know how true this is or if it even represents the teaching of the Jewish faith... But here goes... when I was about 10 years old my best friends grandfather moved in with him family and one day my friend and I were talking about God (after playing a dungeon and dragons type game), his grandfather overheard us and came into the room. He asked me first if I beleived in God, I replyied yes Sir, the he asked me what church I go to ? I reply St. Thomas Roman Catholic church...Freinds grandfather "Fine church my , they do good works and serve everyone well " the he asks me if I believe in Heavean and Hell..I reply yes... He then asks me to explain hell. I reply "its a place where ones soul goes to suffer and to be tortured". He then tells me "young man you do not understand, god will never torture your soul or cause suffer to it, he loves you. Then he explained what hell was according to the Jewish faith from his words... God is everything you ever wanted or ever craved, a piece of candy, the new toy, fast car ect... God is everything you ever marveled at the sunrise or sunset the piece of candy, the new toy, your children. God is everything you wanted to know or see. God is in everything. To go to hell is not to suffer in a distant place devoid of god but to suffer from not being so close to him. Gods like a camp fire if your not close to it you'll never feel its warmth.