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April 1998
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"...as soon as possible,
as soon as possible,
as soon as possible."

 

MER - Washington - 11 April:

Suffering from depression, exhaustion, Parkinsons, and megalomania, Yasser Arafat marches on; his last years under American tutelage, CIA control, and Israeli manipulation. Nowhere but in the Middle East with its long history of client-regimes and repression would such a failed and discredited personality continue in power. Meanwhile, all around him, the forces of corruption and repression continue to dig into Palestinian society draining it of its remaining psychological fortitude while lowering Palestinian conditions still further at every turn. Only Arafat's cronies and handlers, men like Abu Mazen and Nabil Shaath whose stock portfolios continue to grow with every visit to their American and European interlocutors, are benefiting from the miserable "peace
process" inflicted on the Palestinians. The "good old days" of the direct Israeli occupation are gone; today's "double occupation" far worse by design.

On the same day last month when the Major of Jerusalem was announcing still further boundary expansion -- soon the Jewish city will reach from Ramallah to Bethlehem to Ma'ale Adunim -- Yasser Arafat was ranting and raving again in Cairo. He has truly become Mr. No Credibility.

"The peace process is going through a dangerous phase and is about to take its last breath."*

So Arafat says in public; and of course we've all heard it ad infinitum from him so often in the past. In private, nevertheless, he and cronies continue to rake in the billions sent by the gullible Europeans to essentially pay for Israel's repackaged occupation. And at the same time he works ever more closely with the American CIA and the Israeli Shinbet turning the remaining pockets of Palestinian population into "autonomous" reservations bounded by growing internal repression and omnipresent external military checkpoints.

"If a broad Arab summit cannot be convened, I suggest that a mini-summit be held because supreme Arab national interest demands that a meeting be held as soon as possible, as
soon as possible, as soon as possible."*

Arafat fits right in at these all-pomp and ceremony, no substance,
summits. His words bear little resemblance to his actions. His
client-regime status and aspirations fit right in with his Saudi,
Egyptian, and Jordanian chums. What a miserable state of affairs.

Message to Yasser: Be Gone Already!

* 3/24/98


 

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