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==The phased strategy, pretend moderation and doublespeak==

==The phased strategy, pretend moderation and doublespeak==

After 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]] the Arabs concluded that destruction of Israel cannot be achieved in one strike. As a result, the PLO under Arafat adopted in 1974 a political program called the phased strategy. The phased strategy called on the Palestinians to establish control over any part of “Palestine” (ie Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) even if other parts of it remained under Israeli control, with the ultimate intention of taking over the entirety of Palestine (ie destroying the state of Israel<ref name="Karsh">[http://www.meforum.org/605/arafats-grand-strategy Arafat’s Grand Strategy]</ref>

After 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]] the Arabs concluded that destruction of Israel cannot be achieved in one strike. As a result, the PLO under Arafat adopted in 1974 a political program called the phased strategy. The phased strategy called on the Palestinians to establish control over any part of “Palestine” (ie Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) even if other parts of it remained under Israeli control, with the ultimate intention of taking over the entirety of Palestine (i.e. destroying the state of Israel)<ref name="Karsh">[http://www.meforum.org/605/arafats-grand-strategy Arafat’s Grand Strategy]</ref>

Approximately at the same time, Romania’s communist president Nicolae Ceausescu taught Arafat how to pretend to be a moderate and against terrorism while simultaneously commissioning terrorist operations (to be committed by groups not publicly affiliated with Arafat) and working towards Israel’s destruction.<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=178729 Musing on skillful salami-slices]</ref> Similar advice was also being given by the Vietnamese.<ref name="Bodansky">[http://www.acpr.org.il/publications/policy-papers/pp018-xs.html Arafat’s “Peace Process”]</ref>

Approximately at the same time, Romania’s communist president Nicolae Ceausescu taught Arafat how to pretend to be a moderate and against terrorism while simultaneously commissioning terrorist operations (to be committed by groups not publicly affiliated with Arafat) and working towards Israel’s destruction.<ref>[http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=178729 Musing on skillful salami-slices]</ref> Similar advice was also being given by the Vietnamese.<ref name="Bodansky">[http://www.acpr.org.il/publications/policy-papers/pp018-xs.html Arafat’s “Peace Process”]</ref>