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A most telling and frightening story of Israeli/American Jewish terrorism. As a Palestinian American, dedicated to a peaceful solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and as one who always stood up and spoke against Arab terrorism and suicide bombing, and the killing of innocent people, I find the extent of support of such terrorist and extremist group within Israel is very threatening, not only for Israel but for the Arabs as well. I wonder when well organize American Jewish organization raises money in this country for such group, does our government here in the US look the other way and does the media and our Congress and prosecutors look the other way because the intended victims are Arabs. Why does our government fail to make sure that these terrorist are not welcomed here in the US and why does professional terrorist hunters like Steve Emerson do not bother to talk about and document such terrorist organizations. It seems that these Jewish terrorist are well funded and I have to ask the question, where they get the money to live on, so they can dedicate their lives to professional terrorism. I also have to wonder whether these Jewish terrorist could behave the same way toward Arabs if they do not have their guns to their side. It is a sad day for Jews and Muslims, when the killing is always in the name of G-d or Allah

Special Note: this was written couple of years ago, after watching a program on Front Line where the main topic was the Israeli settlers in the West Bank, in Hebron and in Jerusalem and how these settlers are able not only to take over with the use of force, Palestinian property, but also secure the financial and political support from within the American Jewish community. Where are you Mr. Emerson? If you can track of “Muslim” terrorist, you should also keep track of “Jewish” terrorists.

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Special Note: Instead of asking for compensation and restoration of Palestinian rights due to wrongs committed by the British, the late Arafat was only interested in training his militias and his occupation protection force. I thought I revisit this to remind Palestinians what a fraud Arafat was.

On his first visit to the Court of St. James, shortly after Oslo. Arafat was asked by the British what is his wish as the Palestinian leader. Well, you guessed it, Arafat asked the British to “train his security forces”. This is the only wish that he had on the first occasion he had as representative of the Palestinian people. Arafat knew that his support only comes from the militias that he sponsors and he forgot about the millions of Palestinians he represents, who had to flee their homes in 48, who are made exiled and refugees as a result of the British Mandate and its policy in Palestine. He forgot that what the British did to the Palestinians is no less of a crime than what the Germans did to the Jews. The British are responsible for the living millions who are made refugees for the last 55 years, in the same way that Germany was made responsible for the 6 million Jews it killed. Instead of asking for compensation and reparations for the millions who lost every thing, Arafat very excited about being in London forgot all about this and the only thing he could come up with on such a historic occasion was to “train his security forces”. When I see the support that Arafat has received from the Palestinian Diaspora, I know what kind of a leader Arafat is, but it makes me wonder what kind of people we are to accept such a stupid, incompetent and corrupt leader for so long. It is the Palestinians, not the Israelis, who should chase and throw Arafat out of Ramallah.

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Now that Arafat is dead, I will proceed to change the name and mission of this webpage. We will now focus on After Arafat, and look at the positive things that are taking place in Occupied Palestine.
The new election, if and when they happen, should signal to the world a new Palestinian order and a new renaissance. The fact that there are many who have filed to run for the office of the president tells a lot about the maturity of the Palestinian community, that Arafat, Allah forgive him, refused to admit and take advantage of.
Of course more than ever, we need a break from the Old Guards, those who were part of Arafat regime. We need new dynamic, intelligent leadership that can smartly negotiate with Israel a final peace settlement. Leadership that can read and write.
While I have nothing against Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, I think that he has done a good job so far, taking over from the now dead Arafat, making sure there is no major breakdown of safety and security. However, Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, was a loyal friend and confident for Yasser Arafat and was in his inner circles. What we need now is someone who is not part of Arafat inner circles and who does not owe his political life to Arafat and who is true independent democrat. A leader who earned his position by competence not loyalty.
As I look at the names and backgrounds of the candidate, there is one name that I would like to support and I hope the Palestinian people would support, and that person is Dr. Mustafa Bargouthi, who is the head of the “Palestinian Mubadara”, the Palestinian Initiative, an organization dedicated to the rule of law and one that stood against corruption and incompetence within Arafat regime. Dr. Bargouthi has what it takes to be the right leader at the right time.
In addition to being corrupt free and not tainted with any corruption or scandal, Dr. Mustafa has a vision for the Palestinian people and the Palestinian nation. His emphasis on education and social and economic development is a far cry from Arafat and his Palestinian Authority that emphasized and benefited from supply of cheap and unskilled labor and one that supported and made substantial investment in militias and thugs, diverting very important financial resources to these militias and bandits.
Dr. Mustafa understands the needs for human and social development, if the Palestinians are ever to catch up with Israel. The only way we can challenge the supremacy enjoyed by Israel now is to make all of the investment in people, in their education building the best schools and universities, building the infrastructure that will change our society from job dependent on Israel, as envisioned by Arafat and his buddies to a society that is well qualified to have the best jobs any where in the Middle East with free enterprises that can use the best talents we have. Our asset as Palestinians was and always will be our people. It is too bad that the late Arafat did not even come close to understand this. We do hope and expect Dr. Mustafa to learn from Arafat and learn from his mistakes and never, never allow the Palestinian state to be like all other states in the regions. We must and will insist on leadership that is fully accountable to the people. Good luck to Dr. Mustafa and to all the others, and may the best man or woman win.
Note: this was written after Arafat death… it was a wishful thinking. So far there is no hope for the Palestinians under the PLO, Fatah or Hamas.

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A most telling and frightening story of Israeli/American Jewish terrorism. As a Palestinian American, dedicated to a peaceful solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and as one who always stood up and spoke against Arab terrorism and suicide bombing, and the killing of innocent people, I find the extent of support of such terrorist and extremist group within Israel is very threatening, not only for Israel but for the Arabs as well. Read the rest of this entry »

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On his first visit to the Court of St. James, shortly after Oslo. Arafat was asked by the British what is his wish as the Palestinian leader. Well, you guessed it, Arafat asked the British to “train his security forces”. This is the only wish that he had on the first occasion he had as representative of the Palestinian people. Read the rest of this entry »

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