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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 a 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 a 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>[https://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" />

While Arafat tried to present himself as a moderate, the actions of the PLO under his command said otherwise. In 1990 the Palestinian Liberation Front, a faction of the PLO, tried to launch a terrorist attack on Israel’s beaches.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/31/world/israel-reports-foiling-speedboat-attack-on-beach.html Israel Reports Foiling Speedboat Attack on Beach – New York Times]</ref> Arafat and the PLO leadership refused to condemn the attack or take action against the Palestinian Liberation Front.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/03/world/plo-rejects-us-demand-on-israel-raid.html?src=pm P.L.O. Rejects U.S. Demand on Israel Raid]</ref>

While Arafat tried to present himself as a moderate, the actions of the PLO under his command said otherwise. In 1990 the Palestinian Liberation Front, a faction of the PLO, tried to launch a terrorist attack on Israel’s beaches.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/31/world/israel-reports-foiling-speedboat-attack-on-beach.html Israel Reports Foiling Speedboat Attack on Beach – New York Times]</ref> Arafat and the PLO leadership refused to condemn the attack or take action against the Palestinian Liberation Front.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/03/world/plo-rejects-us-demand-on-israel-raid.html?src=pm P.L.O. Rejects U.S. Demand on Israel Raid]</ref>

In what should have convinced everybody that the "Palestinian" terrorist hasn’t changed, Arafat gave his support for the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait.<ref>[http://articles.philly.com/1991-03-02/news/25789801_1_hawalli-plo-officials-palestine-liberation-organization Fearful Palestinians In Kuwait Criticize Arafat]</ref>

In what should have convinced everybody that the "Palestinian" terrorist hasn’t changed, Arafat gave his support for the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait.<ref>[http://articles.philly.com/1991-03-02/news/25789801_1_hawalli-plo-officials-palestine-liberation-organization Fearful Palestinians In Kuwait Criticize Arafat]</ref>