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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 (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 (ie 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>

In 1988 press conference in Geneva Arafat made statements renouncing terrorism and embracing Israel’s right to exist.<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Foreign%20Relations/Israels%20Foreign%20Relations%20since%201947/1984-1988/419%20Statement%20by%20Yasser%20Arafat-%2014%20December%201988 Statement by Yasser Arafat, 14 December 1988]</ref> However, the statements he and other members of the Palestinian leadership made when speaking toward Arab and Muslim audiences were very different. In the very same year when Arafat supposedly accepted Israel’s right to exist, his deputy Salah Khalaf expressed his commitment to the phased strategy: "This is a state for the coming generations. At first, [the Palestinian state] would be small ... [But] God willing, it would expand eastward, westward, northward, and southward ... [True,] I [once] wanted all of Palestine all at once. But I was a fool. Yes, I am interested in the liberation of Palestine, but the question is how. And the answer is Step by step."<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/news/arab-israeli-conflict-the-lesser-evil-1.6721 Arab-Israeli Conflict/The lesser evil - Haaretz]</ref> Until the end of his life, Arafat and his entourage played a game of doublespeak, expressing support for peace and coexistence when speaking to Israeli and western audiences while calling for terrorism and Israel’s destruction when speaking to Arabs and Muslims.<ref name="Karsh" />

In 1988 press conference in Geneva Arafat made statements renouncing terrorism and embracing Israel’s right to exist.<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Foreign%20Relations/Israels%20Foreign%20Relations%20since%201947/1984-1988/419%20Statement%20by%20Yasser%20Arafat-%2014%20December%201988 Statement by Yasser Arafat, 14 December 1988]</ref> However, the statements he and other members of the Palestinian leadership made when speaking toward Arab and Muslim audiences were very different. In the very same year when Arafat supposedly accepted Israel’s right to exist, his deputy Salah Khalaf expressed his commitment to the phased strategy: "This is a state for the coming generations. At first, [the Palestinian state] would be small ... [But] God willing, it would expand eastward, westward, northward, and southward ... [True,] I [once] wanted all of Palestine all at once. But I was a fool. Yes, I am interested in the liberation of Palestine, but the question is how. And the answer is Step by step."<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/news/arab-israeli-conflict-the-lesser-evil-1.6721 Arab-Israeli Conflict/The lesser evil - Haaretz]</ref> Until the end of his life, Arafat and his entourage played a game of doublespeak, expressing support for peace and coexistence when speaking to Israeli and western audiences while calling for terrorism and Israel’s destruction when speaking to Arabs and Muslims.<ref name="Karsh" />

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=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, 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>

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 [Al-Hudaybiya and] 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>  

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>

On January 2002 the Israeli navy intercepted Karine A, a weapon carrying ship intended for the Palestinian Authority. The boat included 50 tons of advanced weapons including Katyusha rockets, riles, mines and anti-tank missiles. An interrogation of the ship’s crew revealed that the purchaser of the weapons was an official in the Palestinian authority. The missiles captured had a long range and could have reached Israel’s southern coastal cities.<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2002/Seizing%20of%20the%20Palestinian%20weapons%20ship%20Karine%20A%20- Seizing of the Palestinian weapons ship Karine A]</ref>

On January 2002 the Israeli navy intercepted Karine A, a weapon carrying ship intended for the Palestinian Authority. The boat included 50 tons of advanced weapons including Katyusha rockets, riles, mines and anti-tank missiles. An interrogation of the ship’s crew revealed that the purchaser of the weapons was an official in the Palestinian authority. The missiles captured had a long range and could have reached Israel’s southern coastal cities.<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2002/Seizing%20of%20the%20Palestinian%20weapons%20ship%20Karine%20A%20- Seizing of the Palestinian weapons ship Karine A]</ref>

Eventually Israel took actions against Arafat and in April 2002 launched operation Defensive Shield, in which the [[IDF]] fought against the terrorist infrastructure in the West Bank. Arafat’s compound (the Mukataa) was raided. Arafat was confined to the compound until his hospitalization in 2004.<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3685678,00.html Operation Defensive Shield - Ynet]</ref> Palestinian documents captured during the operation proved beyond doubt that Arafat was heavily involved in terrorism.<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2002/5/The+Involvement+of+Arafat-+PA+Senior+Officials+and.htm The Involvement of Arafat, PA Senior Officials and Apparatuses in Terrorism against Israel, Corruption and Crime]</ref> Interrogations of captured terrorists yielded similar evidence.<ref>[http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1145961361493&pagename=JPArticle/ShowFull 'Arafat used aid to buy weapons' – Jerusalem Post]</ref><ref> [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2002/5/Senior+Fatah+Leaders+Describe+Arafat-s+Link+to+Ter.htm Senior Fatah Leaders Describe Arafat's Link to Terrorism]</ref>

Eventually Israel took actions against Arafat and in April 2002 launched operation Defensive Shield, in which the [[IDF]] fought against the terrorist infrastructure in the West Bank. Arafat’s compound (the Mukataa) was raided. Arafat was confined to the compound until his hospitalization in 2004.<ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3685678,00.html Operation Defensive Shield - Ynet]</ref> Palestinian documents captured during the operation proved beyond doubt that Arafat was heavily involved in terrorism.<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2002/5/The+Involvement+of+Arafat-+PA+Senior+Officials+and.htm The Involvement of Arafat, PA Senior Officials and Apparatuses in Terrorism against Israel, Corruption and Crime]</ref> Interrogations of captured terrorists yielded similar evidence.<ref>[http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1145961361493&pagename=JPArticle/ShowFull 'Arafat used aid to buy weapons' – Jerusalem Post]</ref><ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2002/5/Senior+Fatah+Leaders+Describe+Arafat-s+Link+to+Ter.htm Senior Fatah Leaders Describe Arafat's Link to Terrorism]</ref>

While the Israeli siege on the Mukataa continued, Arafat was still continuing his involvement in terrorism. On September the head of the Israeli military intelligence revealed that orders for terrorist attacks were still being given from Arafat’s compound.<ref name=" Kazhdan" />

While the Israeli siege on the Mukataa continued, Arafat was still continuing his involvement in terrorism. On September the head of the Israeli military intelligence revealed that orders for terrorist attacks were still being given from Arafat’s compound.<ref name=" Kazhdan" />

After his health to began to deteriorate, Arafat was flown in October 2004 to a military hospital in Paris. A little more than a week later he died.<ref>[http://articles.cnn.com/2004-11-10/world/arafat.obit_1_palestinian-leader-arafat-president-arafat-palestinian-parliament?_s=PM:WORLD Palestinian leader Arafat dies at 75]</ref> His doctor confirmed that Arafat died of [[AIDS]].<ref name="AIDS">[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/123347#.TqWV7nL4JJE Confirmed: Arafat Died of AIDS – Arutz Sheva]</ref>

After his health to began to deteriorate, Arafat was flown in October 2004 to a military hospital in Paris. A little more than a week later he died.<ref>[http://articles.cnn.com/2004-11-10/world/arafat.obit_1_palestinian-leader-arafat-president-arafat-palestinian-parliament?_s=PM:WORLD Palestinian leader Arafat dies at 75]</ref> His doctor confirmed that Arafat died of [[AIDS]].<ref name="AIDS">[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/123347#.TqWV7nL4JJE Confirmed: Arafat Died of AIDS – Arutz Sheva]</ref>

==Personal life==  

==Personal life==

Arafat remained single until marrying Suha Arafat (born Suha Tawil) in 1990, when he was 61. During most of their marriage, Arafat lived separately from Suha and their (supposedly) shared daughter Zahwa.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3965541.stm Suah Arafat - BBC]</ref><ref>[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,781566,00.html A Life in Retrospect: Yasser Arafat – Time magazine]</ref>

Arafat remained single until marrying Suha Arafat (born Suha Tawil) in 1990, when he was 61. During most of their marriage, Arafat lived separately from Suha and their (supposedly) shared daughter Zahwa.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3965541.stm Suah Arafat - BBC]</ref><ref>[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,781566,00.html A Life in Retrospect: Yasser Arafat – Time magazine]</ref>

His marriage to Suha might have been a cover to hide his true sexual leanings. Ion Mihai Pacepa, former head of the Romanian intelligence, has written that Arafat started to have sex with other men already as a teenager. <ref>[http://www.betar.co.uk/articles/betar1064312492.php Outing Arafat – Joseph Farah]</ref> Former [[Democratic Party]] chairman [[Terry McAuliffe]] has also said that during a 2000 dinner in Washington Arafat repeatedly rubbed his leg under the table.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/06/us/politics/06mcauliffe.html?_r=1&ref=books&oref=slogin Goal Is to Look Good, Writer of Democratic Memoir Admits]</ref> According to former [[National Security Agency]] analyst James J. Welsh, some of Arafat’s homosexual liaisons were with boys as young as 13.<ref name="AIDS" />

His marriage to Suha might have been a cover to hide his true sexual leanings. Ion Mihai Pacepa, former head of the Romanian intelligence, has written that Arafat started to have sex with other men already as a teenager.<ref>[http://www.betar.co.uk/articles/betar1064312492.php Outing Arafat – Joseph Farah]</ref> Former [[Democratic Party]] chairman [[Terry McAuliffe]] has also said that during a 2000 dinner in Washington Arafat repeatedly rubbed his leg under the table.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/06/us/politics/06mcauliffe.html?_r=1&ref=books&oref=slogin Goal Is to Look Good, Writer of Democratic Memoir Admits]</ref> According to former [[National Security Agency]] analyst James J. Welsh, some of Arafat’s homosexual liaisons were with boys as young as 13.<ref name="AIDS" />

These allegations, along with the fact Arafat spent most of his time apart from his wife, raise serious questions about the parentage of his supposed daughter.

These allegations, along with the fact Arafat spent most of his time apart from his wife, raise serious questions about the parentage of his supposed daughter.

*''“I come bearing an olive branch and a freedom fighter’s gun. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.”'' United Nations General Assembly, 1974.  

*''“I come bearing an olive branch and a freedom fighter’s gun. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.”'' United Nations General Assembly, 1974.  

*''In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate. But if the enemy incline toward peace, do thou also incline toward peace, and trust in God.'' Arafat Nobel Prize Speech <ref> [http://www.myisraelsource.com/content/arafatnobel Nobel Prize Speech] My Israel source </ref>

*''In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate. But if the enemy incline toward peace, do thou also incline toward peace, and trust in God.'' Arafat Nobel Prize Speech <ref>[http://www.myisraelsource.com/content/arafatnobel Nobel Prize Speech] My Israel source</ref>

==See also==

==See also==

[[Category:Nobel laureates in Peace]]

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[[category:International Political Figures]]

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