tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004769.post109966597997195736..comments2024-02-21T19:17:51.003+11:00Comments on Ari on the web: Arafat's legacyAri Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06077102567908140945noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004769.post-1099984185598065982004-11-09T18:09:00.000+11:002004-11-09T18:09:00.000+11:00Your one sided approach to this whole argument, Ar...Your one sided approach to this whole argument, Ari, is the kind of mindset that will see it continue for ever more. Can't people see, it just doesn't matter how it started, who started it, why they started it. Simply blaming arafat for the all the problems of the region is most unhelpful.<br /><br />I do try to practice what I preach, so I'll try to keep even handed, but I know it's hard. I can't agree with Arafat's decision to walk away from that offer way back then. But likewise I cannot condone a whole range of Israeli policies.<br /><br />What I don't understand is far more base pragamatism. The Israeli's have effectively had Arafat isolated from the world for the last two or three years, yes? They've cut off his communication, much of his utilities and services, prevented him from going anywhere but his compound. Yet in this highly restricted physical environment he's supposed to bring an end to the bombings?<br /><br />Try locking Sharon in the cabinet room without a telephone and see if he can so much as order a kosher pizza!<br /><br />PeteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004769.post-1099982180406087352004-11-09T17:36:00.000+11:002004-11-09T17:36:00.000+11:00Cameron,
do more than a cursory search of the web...Cameron,<br />do more than a cursory search of the web, and I think you'll find people arguing over whether Arafat's syphoned off $2 billion or as high as $7 billion<br />from the PA. Currently, his wife is in a dispute with members of the PA over who gets the money or not. So not only is the man a murdering terrorist, he's also deliberately kept his people in poverty. Barney the dinosaur would make a better leader of the PA than Yasser, and they will almost certainly be better off<br />when he finally passes on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004769.post-1099923111884328192004-11-09T01:11:00.000+11:002004-11-09T01:11:00.000+11:00Davri,
I might need a little enlightening here. My...Davri,<br />I might need a little enlightening here. My understanding was the Israeli policy is to bulldoze the family's house when a Palestinian is involved in a suicide bombing. I am not sure I see a payment made to a destitute family as supporting terrorists, though happy to stand corrected.<br />CameronAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004769.post-1099882235205889862004-11-08T13:50:00.000+11:002004-11-08T13:50:00.000+11:00Hi Sara, sorry but you are speaking rot. Syphoning...Hi Sara, sorry but you are speaking rot. Syphoning off billions for himself and his family? A more reasoned assessment can be found here.<br />http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/free_forbes/2003/0317/049.html<br />It is interesting to note Israelis have withheld over half a billion dollars in tax receipts.<br />Having direct control over the money and disbursing it to areas approved by him seems very much like Howard withdrawing funding and charitable status from NGO's who criticize government policy, surely not new in the world of politics.<br /><br />CameronAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004769.post-1099817123437451952004-11-07T19:45:00.000+11:002004-11-07T19:45:00.000+11:00good article Ari, what is anonymous talking about,...good article Ari, what is anonymous talking about, if Arafat had not syphoned of BILLIONS of aid money for himself and family the poor Palestinans wouldn,t be so poor.Corruption breads corruption SaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004769.post-1099714395107556572004-11-06T15:13:00.000+11:002004-11-06T15:13:00.000+11:00Your "fucked over" understanding of the Israeli-Pa...Your "fucked over" understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian is exactly that. You can pretend Arafat is at the root of the conflict and pretend the Palestinians are totally to blame or you can look to the real reasons for the conflict. Trust me, things will be much different to what you currently believe. Your choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7004769.post-1099705993049896702004-11-06T12:53:00.000+11:002004-11-06T12:53:00.000+11:00I do believe that the Palestinian people need a ne...I do believe that the Palestinian people need a new efficient leader.Arafat's self-will has hindered the development of peace in Mid-East.Perhaps Qorei or Abbas is better.<br /><br />CK YangAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com