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==Terrorist career==

==Terrorist career==

In the late 50’s Arafat and other Palestinians founded the Fatah movement, dedicated to bringing the destruction of Israel through armed struggle.<ref name="CBC" /> Fatah started its terroristic campaign against Israel in 1965,<ref name="Israel studies">[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/isdf/text/perliger.html Israel’s War on Terrorism: An Historical and Political Perspective]</ref> two years before the so called Israeli “occupation” of the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]] started. In 1969, Arafat took over the [[PLO]] (which was formed five years earlier) and turned it into an umbrella organization which included the Fatah and other Palestinian terrorist groups.<ref name="Israel studies" />

In the late 50’s Arafat and other Palestinians founded the Fatah movement, dedicated to bringing the destruction of Israel through armed struggle.<ref name="CBC" /> Fatah started its terroristic campaign against Israel in 1965,<ref name="Israel studies">[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/isdf/text/perliger.html Israel’s War on Terrorism: An Historical and Political Perspective]</ref> two years before the so-called Israeli “occupation” of the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]] started. In 1969, Arafat took over the [[PLO]] (which was formed five years earlier) and turned it into an umbrella organization which included the Fatah and other Palestinian terrorist groups.<ref name="Israel studies" />

==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 (i.e. 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” (i.e. 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>

The PLO lost much of its financial support after the fall of the Soviet Union and its allied governments in eastern Europe. Further compounding the problem was Arafat’s support of Saddam Hussein during the [[Gulf War]]; the rest Arab of the governments withdrew their financial support from the PLO, diminishing its ability to yield dominance among the Palestinians.<ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/arafat.html Yasser Arafat – Jewish Virtual Library]</ref> As a result, Arafat was facing marginalization.

The PLO lost much of its financial support after the fall of the Soviet Union and its allied governments in eastern Europe. Further compounding the problem was Arafat’s support of Saddam Hussein during the [[Gulf War]]; the rest Arab of the governments withdrew their financial support from the PLO, diminishing its ability to yield dominance among the Palestinians.<ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/arafat.html Yasser Arafat – Jewish Virtual Library]</ref> As a result, Arafat was facing marginalization.

As a result, Arafat was willing to answer Israel’s peace offers and signed the Oslo accords in 1993 in order to rebuild his power by renewing relations with Israel and the United States. In the Oslo accords Arafat promised to refrain from terrorism; in return, a PLO-controlled Palestinian Authority was established as a governing body responsible for administering self rule in the Palestinian territories and preventing terrorism through its police force.<ref>[http://www.cfr.org/israel/oslo-accords-declaration-principles-interim-self-government-arrangements/p9674 Oslo I Accords on Council on Foreign Affairs]</ref><ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/dop.html Declaration of Principles On Interim Self-Government Arrangements]</ref> In 1994, in what would later turn out to be the most shameful moment in the Nobel Prize committee’s history, the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] was awarded to Arafat, [[Shimon Peres]] and [[Yitzhak Rabin]], "for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East," following negotiations leading to the [[Oslo Accords]] of 1993.<ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1994/ The Nobel Peace Prize 1994]</ref>

As a result, Arafat was willing to answer Israel’s peace offers and signed the Oslo accords in 1993 in order to rebuild his power by renewing relations with Israel and the United States. In the Oslo accords Arafat promised to refrain from terrorism; in return, a PLO-controlled Palestinian Authority was established as a governing body responsible for administering self-rule in the Palestinian territories and preventing terrorism through its police force.<ref>[http://www.cfr.org/israel/oslo-accords-declaration-principles-interim-self-government-arrangements/p9674 Oslo I Accords on Council on Foreign Affairs]</ref><ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/dop.html Declaration of Principles On Interim Self-Government Arrangements]</ref> In 1994, in what would later turn out to be the most shameful moment in the Nobel Prize committee’s history, the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] was awarded to Arafat, [[Shimon Peres]] and [[Yitzhak Rabin]], "for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East," following negotiations leading to the [[Oslo Accords]] of 1993.<ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1994/ The Nobel Peace Prize 1994]</ref>

   

   

Evidence that Arafat would not abide his words of peace was immediately forthcoming. King Hussein of Jordan sent Israel a message saying “Israel is doing business with the worst possible person. Arafat has proved time and again that his word cannot be trusted.”<ref>{{cite book |last=Karsh |first=Efraim |authorlink=Efraim Karsh |title=Arafat's War: The Man and His Battle for Israeli Conquest |year=2003 |publisher=New York: Grove Press |page=16 |location=New York |isbn=0-8021-1758-9}}</ref> At the same time that he was signing the Oslo accords, Arafat had a pre recorded message from him broadcasted on Arab TV saying that the agreement was actually and implantation of the phased strategy, ie destroying Israel in phases.<ref name="Karsh" /> By showing this message Arafat once again showed that his real plan was to dupe Israel into giving him control over more and more territories until he could expand Palestinian rule to include all of Israel. Other Palestinian leaders, such as PLO official Faisal Husseini, outright declared that the Palestinians’ real goal was to destroy Israel.<ref>[http://www.aish.com/jw/me/48883602.html Faisal’s Trojan Horse]</ref> More evidence of Arafat’s real intention in signing the Oslo accords emerged after his death.<ref>[http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=28583 Al-Quds Al-Arabi Editor: Arafat Told Me Oslo Would be Israel's Curse]</ref>

Evidence that Arafat would not abide his words of peace was immediately forthcoming. King Hussein of Jordan sent Israel a message saying “Israel is doing business with the worst possible person. Arafat has proved time and again that his word cannot be trusted.”<ref>{{cite book |last=Karsh |first=Efraim |authorlink=Efraim Karsh |title=Arafat's War: The Man and His Battle for Israeli Conquest |year=2003 |publisher=New York: Grove Press |page=16 |location=New York |isbn=0-8021-1758-9}}</ref> At the same time that he was signing the Oslo accords, Arafat had a pre recorded message from him broadcasted on Arab TV saying that the agreement was actually and implantation of the phased strategy, i.e. destroying Israel in phases.<ref name="Karsh" /> By showing this message Arafat once again showed that his real plan was to dupe Israel into giving him control over more and more territories until he could expand Palestinian rule to include all of Israel. Other Palestinian leaders, such as PLO official Faisal Husseini, outright declared that the Palestinians’ real goal was to destroy Israel.<ref>[http://www.aish.com/jw/me/48883602.html Faisal’s Trojan Horse]</ref> More evidence of Arafat’s real intention in signing the Oslo accords emerged after his death.<ref>[http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=28583 Al-Quds Al-Arabi Editor: Arafat Told Me Oslo Would be Israel's Curse]</ref>

A year after signing Oslo, Arafat made a speech in a Johannesburg mosque calling for Jihad against Israel. He also compared the Oslo accords to the treaty of Hudaybiya, a peace treaty Muhammad signed with the Quraysh tribe only in order to strengthen his forces and later on use them in order to conquer the Quraysh.<ref name="Pipes">[http://www.danielpipes.org/316/al-hudaybiya-and-lessons-from-the-prophet-muhammads &#91;Al-Hudaybiya and&#93; Lessons from the Prophet Muhammad's Diplomacy – Daniel Pipes]</ref> Arafat compared the peace agreements to the treaty of Hudaybiya once more in 1998, and that “all options are open before the Palestinian people”, meaning he will return to full blown terrorism is necessary.<ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/yaint.html Arafat on the Peace Process – Jewish Virtual Library]</ref>  

A year after signing Oslo, Arafat made a speech in a Johannesburg mosque calling for Jihad against Israel. He also compared the Oslo accords to the treaty of Hudaybiya, a peace treaty Muhammad signed with the Quraysh tribe only in order to strengthen his forces and later on use them in order to conquer the Quraysh.<ref name="Pipes">[http://www.danielpipes.org/316/al-hudaybiya-and-lessons-from-the-prophet-muhammads &#91;Al-Hudaybiya and&#93; Lessons from the Prophet Muhammad's Diplomacy – Daniel Pipes]</ref> Arafat compared the peace agreements to the treaty of Hudaybiya once more in 1998, and that “all options are open before the Palestinian people”, meaning he will return to full blown terrorism is necessary.<ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/yaint.html Arafat on the Peace Process – Jewish Virtual Library]</ref>  

===Demographic subversion===

===Demographic subversion===

Another means by which Arafat tried to destroy Israel was by trying to force it to comply with the so called “right of return”, the Arab demand that all the Palestinian refugees from the Israeli independence war and their descendants will be allowed back into Israel. If this demand were materialize, Arabs would soon become the majority population in Israel, leading to its unification with the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]].<ref>[http://christianactionforisrael.org/isreport/julaug00/secret.html The Palestinian Arab Refugees: Arafat's Secret Weapon]</ref>  

Another means by which Arafat tried to destroy Israel was by trying to force it to comply with the so-called “right of return”, the Arab demand that all the Palestinian refugees from the Israeli independence war and their descendants will be allowed back into Israel. If this demand were materialize, Arabs would soon become the majority population in Israel, leading to its unification with the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]].<ref>[http://christianactionforisrael.org/isreport/julaug00/secret.html The Palestinian Arab Refugees: Arafat's Secret Weapon]</ref>  

Arafat was an ardent supporter of the right of return untill the end of his life. As late as 2004 he made statements calling for the return of all Palestinian refugees into Israel.<ref>[http://www.imemc.org/article/7680 Arafat: No One Can Deny or Limit Refugees' Right to Return - International Middle East Media Center]</ref>

Arafat was an ardent supporter of the right of return until the end of his life. As late as 2004 he made statements calling for the return of all Palestinian refugees into Israel.<ref>[http://www.imemc.org/article/7680 Arafat: No One Can Deny or Limit Refugees' Right to Return - International Middle East Media Center]</ref>

==Camp David peace talks and the second Intifada==

==Camp David peace talks and the second Intifada==