[browardchad]

This is puzzling -- where was the speech blocked? Worldwide? By whom? Fox started to air it live, early this AM (ET), but cut it off after a few minutes with no comment. It was -- no surprise -- grossly inflammatory -- in a just the few minutes I saw, he was exalting the intifata.

[Ancesthntr]

Fox reported that the speech was blocked at the Arab summit itself, not anywhere else (though presumably in Syria).

This incident shows that even the "brothers" of the Pallies don't want to hear from them. The Pallies are the outcasts of the Arab world. Were there no Israel, Palestine would likely be occupied by Syria and/or Egypt, with the occupation being far more brutal than the relatively benign (when there is no terrorism) Israeli presence.

[kinghorse]

Give Debka their props. They accurately foretold Abdullah and Mubarek's refusal to go. Both are afraid of a muslime styled gangland hit. Nice.

[Thinkin' Gal]

It was -- no surprise -- grossly inflammatory -- in a just the few minutes I saw, he was exalting the intifata.

Gee, no surprise why he didn't accept Israel's "demands" for attending the summit. Maybe since the satellite TV got zapped, he'll have to use his **cellphone**. Now why didn't Arafat's brethren show their solidarity by holding the summit in Ramallah? It would have been the perfect chance for Israeli helicopter gunships to start blowing up occupied buildings.

[Catspaw]

From what I was able to gather from Fox, al Jazeera showed Arafat's speech to their worldwide audience, but it was blocked inside Lebanon (or just Beruit, or just where ever the meeting place of the Arab League is). The Pals stomped out, everyone's fighting with one another, Mubarak is a no-show, as well as the King of Jordan, and the Arab League "summit" is starting out to be quite the disaster.

Allow me a minute while I snicker.