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Arafat support for terrorism was not limited to words. His Palestinian Authority and its police forces not only did little to stop terrorist attacks against Israelis by other "Palestinian" factions such as [[Hamas]], but in 1997 Arafat gave Hamas and the [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]] a green light to continue terrorist attacks against Israel.<ref name="Kazhdan">[http://www.jcpa.org/brief/brief3-6.htm What Exactly Does Israel Have on Yasser Arafat – Eli Kazhdan]</ref>

Arafat support for terrorism was not limited to words. His Palestinian Authority and its police forces not only did little to stop terrorist attacks against Israelis by other "Palestinian" factions such as [[Hamas]], but in 1997 Arafat gave Hamas and the [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]] a green light to continue terrorist attacks against Israel.<ref name="Kazhdan">[http://www.jcpa.org/brief/brief3-6.htm What Exactly Does Israel Have on Yasser Arafat – Eli Kazhdan]</ref>

Arafat’s own men also continued to be involved in terrorism. The "Palestinian" police force, which supposed to have no more than 24,000 police officers, grew to 40,000 men in 1998.<ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/papolice.html Size of PA Police Force Exceeds Oslo Limits]</ref> In direct violations of the Oslo agreements, during the late 1990s the "Palestinian" police forces were relentlessly working on procuring and producing anti-tank weapons, anti-aircraft weapons, machine guns and hand grenades, clearly intended to be used in an upcoming confrontation with Israel.<ref>[http://www.likud.nl/extr07.html PLO's Continuing Military Buildup is Reason For Serious Concern – Likoed Nederland]</ref> In 1997, the commander of the "Palestinian" police Ghazi Jabali ordered police officers under in his command to carry attacks against Israelis. The same year Jabali proudly declared that more than 150 members of the terrorist groups Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine were employed by the "Palestinian" police. At least 25 of these man were wanted terrorists.<ref>[http://www.likud.nl/govern19.html Arafat Hires Hamas Killers - Likoed Nederland]</ref>

Arafat’s own men also continued to be involved in terrorism. The "Palestinian" police force, which supposed to have no more than 24,000 police officers, grew to 40,000 men in 1998.<ref>[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/papolice.html Size of PA Police Force Exceeds Oslo Limits]</ref> In direct violations of the Oslo agreements, during the late 1990s the "Palestinian" police forces were relentlessly working on procuring and producing anti-tank weapons, anti-aircraft weapons, machine guns and hand grenades, clearly intended to be used in an upcoming confrontation with Israel.<ref>[http://www.likud.nl/extr07.html PLO's Continuing Military Buildup is Reason For Serious Concern – Likoed Nederland]</ref> In 1997, the commander of the "Palestinian" police Ghazi Jabali ordered police officers under in his command to carry attacks against Israelis. The same year Jabali proudly declared that more than 150 members of the terrorist groups Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine were employed by the "Palestinian" police. At least 25 of these men were wanted terrorists.<ref>[http://www.likud.nl/govern19.html Arafat Hires Hamas Killers - Likoed Nederland]</ref>

In addition to the "Palestinian" police, Arafat also created the Fatah controlled Tanzim militia as part of his terrorist infrastructure. .<ref name="Tanzim">[http://www.jcpa.org/art/brief1-16.htm Marwan Barghouti, Fatah-Tanzim, and the Escalation of the Intifada]</ref>

In addition to the "Palestinian" police, Arafat also created the Fatah controlled Tanzim militia as part of his terrorist infrastructure. .<ref name="Tanzim">[http://www.jcpa.org/art/brief1-16.htm Marwan Barghouti, Fatah-Tanzim, and the Escalation of the Intifada]</ref>