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Those seeking to understand Yasser Arafat's legacy must first understand him and his political tactics. Peace and Justice are sought in vain by those in the region who do not grasp the inner workings of Arab political cultures with their internecine feuding and violence.. Those seeking to understand Yasser Arafat's legacy must first understand him and his political tactics. Peace and justice are sought in vain by those in the region who do not grasp the innter workings of Arab political cultures with their internecine feuding and violence. In the West, oil interests, arms sales, even distaste for ugliness, prevent a clear image of the realities on the streets and in the suks. Western diplomats, academics and advisers, trained as Arabists, grasp something of language and history and very little beyond them. Trained imagination, confronted by experience (as when US and British hostages were seized in Lebanon), is aghast. Those in ivory towers failed to predict the terror outbreaks against the West, exemplified by September 11. Despite this and serious warnings, the Oslo fiasco is still forced on Israel: the surrender of its strategic assets.This book is perhaps the most thorough academic appraisal of the nature of Palestinian politics, culture and society in English: the political scientists' tools, used with a depth of analysis, academic rigor and discipline; a work of an analytical intelligence. Dr. Bukay has a deep personal knowledge of the issues and personalities, working from a university operating in an environment unique in the region: free speech for Arab and Jew but threatened by terror every day. Here is the scholar's depth accompanied by the researcher's detail and the media's drama - a product of daily life in the cauldron of terror. This contextual reality gives the book a rare authority and authenticity. So does its range of reference: Unless policy makers pay heed to such far-ranging yet detailed work, they are doomed to operate in a world of myth and illusion, deceived and duped, steeped in half truth and ignorance. This is dangerous for Western civilization, suffering from a twisted morality in which the "war against terror" is selective and its leaders suffer from intellectual dishonesty.This corrective book reveals what political culture and power politics truly consist of, in the inner world of Yasser Arafat's history and behavior, forces which are forging the Middle East today. As Jeff Jacoby has put it, In a better world, Yasser Arafat would have met his end on a gallows, hanged for mass murder much as the Nazi chiefs were hanged at Nuremberg. In a better world, the French president would not have paid a visit to the bedside of such a monster. In a better world, George Bush would not have said, on hearing the first reports that Arafat had died, "God bless his soul." Jacoby continues with his exposure, which sheds light on the importance of Dr. Bukay's task: God bless his soul? What a grotesque ideal Bless the soul of the man who brought modern terrorism to the world? Who sent his agents to slaughter athletes at the Olympics, blow airliners out of the sky, bomb schools and pizzerias, machine-gun passengers in airline terminals? Who lied, cheated, and stole without compunction? Who inculcated the vilest culture of Jew-hatred since the Third Reich?Human beings might stoop to bless a creature so evil - as indeed Arafat was blessed, with money, deference, even a Nobel Prize - but God, I am quite sure, will damn him for eternity. Arafat always inspired flights of nonsense from Western journalists, and his last two weeks were no exception. Derek Brown wrote in The Guardian that Arafat's "undisputed courage as a guerrilla leader" was exceeded only "by his extraordinary courage" as a peace negotiator. But it is an odd kind of courage that expresses itself in shooting unarmed victims - or in signing peace accords and then flagrantly violating their terms. Another commentator, columnist Gwynne Dyer, asked, "So what did Arafat do right?" The answer: He drew worldwide attention to the Palestinian cause, "for the most part by successful acts of terror". In other words, butchering innocent human beings was "right", since it served an ulterior political motive. No doubt that thought brings daily comfort to all those who were forced to bury a child, parent, or spouse because of Arafat's "successful" terrorism". Some journalists couldn't wait for Arafat's actual death to begin weeping for him.Take the BBC's Barbara Plett, who burst into tears on the day he was airlifted out of the West Bank. "When the helicopter carrying the frail old man rose above his ruined compound," Plett reported from Ramallah, "I started to cry." Normal people don't weep for brutal murderers, but Plett made it clear that her empathy for Arafat - whom she praised as "a symbol of Palestinian unity, steadfastness, and resistance" - was heartfelt: I remember well when the Israelis re-conquered the West Bank more than two years ago, how they drove their tanks and bulldozers into Mr. Arafat's headquarters, trapping him in a few rooms, and throwing a military curtain around Ramallah...Such is the state of journalism at the BBC, whose reporters do not seem to have any trouble reporting, dry-eyed, on the plight of Arafat's victims. How is it possible to reflect on Arafat's most enduring legacy - the rise of modern terrorism - without recalling the legions of men, women, and children whose lives he and his followers destroyed? If Osama bin Laden were on his deathbed, would we neglect to mention all those he murdered on 9/11? It would take an encyclopedia to catalog all of the evil Arafat committed..." Dr.Bukay's courageous, honest and evidence-based scholarship provides insight in depth and range, contributing not merely to scholarly debate but to the current, living world of politics and history, He exposes how religion, history and philosophy interact to justify murder and hatred and why the PA demands violent action and children's incitement - a culture whence to attack "first the Saturday people, then the Sunday people". ... Read more

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Yasser Arafat
On October 8, 1995, this author declared in a videotaped teaching on Daniel's little horn, "Mr. Rabin is apparently going to force his end because of his dealings with Mr. Arafat." In less than a month, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin had, in fact, been assasinated. This prediction was based on convincing evidence showing that Israel today is experiencing the onslaught of a man whom Daniel called a "little horn." Daniel gives approximately 80 prophetic details to help us identify the little horn when he comes. Yasser Arafat has fufilled 50 of those, and is poised to fufill the other 30 very soon.

The Book of Revelation tells us that the Gentiles will have control of the city of Jerusalem for the last 42 months before Christ returns. That period will soon begin. Daniel's little horn has much to do with its fufillment. Discover the biblical reasons why this little horn cannot possibly be the same person as the antichrist. Daniel shows that the little horn is used by God as a vessel of wrath to deal primarily with His people Israel in the Middle East.

The secular world has made the following declarations concerning Yasser Arafat:

"...perhaps the most recognizable political leader in the world."
"...one of this century's best-known personalities."
"...a recipient...of the highest international honor."
"...nobody has been hated...as much."
"...has enjoyed a mysterious sort of power."

Yet, for the most part, the Church ignores him! Could this man actually be part of the fufillment of God's endtime prophetic message? Seven times the Book of Revelation exhorts us, "He who has an ear, let him hear." Could it be that the prophetic message is being fufilled at this very moment, and we are not hearing or seeing what is happening? After considering the facts presented in this book, decide for yourself.
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (Arabic: , 24 August 1929 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat () or by his kunya Abu Ammar (), was a Palestinian leader and a Laureate of the Nobel Prize. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), and leader of the Fatah political party, which he founded in 1959. Arafat spent much of his life fighting against Israel in the name of Palestinian self-determination. Originally opposed to Israel's existence, he modified his position in 1988 when he accepted UN Security Council Resolution 242. Arafat and his movement operated from several Arab countries. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Fatah faced off with Jordan in a brief civil war. Forced out of Jordan and into Lebanon, Arafat and Fatah were major targets of Israel's 1978 and 1982 invasions of that country. He was "revered by many Arabs," and the majority of the Palestinian people, regardless of political ideology or faction, viewed him as a freedom fighter who symbolized their national aspirations. However, he was "reviled by many Israelis" and described "in much of the West as the world's number one terrorist" for the attacks his faction led against civilians. Later in his career, Arafat engaged in a series of negotiations with the government of Israel to end the decades-long conflict between that country and the PLO. These included the Madrid Conference of 1991, the 1993 Oslo Accords and the 2000 Camp David Summit. His political rivals, including Islamists and several PLO leftists, often denounced him for being corrupt or too submissive in his concessions to the Israeli government. In 1994, Arafat received the Nobel Peace Prize, to... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=34289 ... Read more

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Title: Escenario complicadísimo: Arafat bajo tratamiento en París.(agonía del político palestino Yasser Arafat; futuro de conflicto territorial con Israel)
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Title: La última oportunidad de Arafat. (el mundo).(Yasser Arafat, presidente palestino; mediación de conflicto con Israel)(TT: Arafat's last chance. (The world).)(TA: Palestinian President Yasser Arafat; mediation of conflict with Israel)(Artículo Breve)
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Title: Enemigos de toda la vida: Rabin y Arafat: vidas paralelas.(Isaac Rabin y Yasser Arafat)
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yasser Arafat International Airport (Arabic: مطار ياسر عرفات الدولي‎ Maṭār Yāsir 'Arafāt ad-Dawli) (IATA: GZA, ICAO: LVGZ), formerly Gaza International Airport and Dahaniya International Airport, is located in the Gaza Strip, in Rafah close to the Egyptian border. It is owned, and was operated, by the Palestinian Authority, and served as the home airport for Palestinian Airlines. The airport was able to handle 700,000 passengers per year and operated 24 hours and 364 days a year (closed on Yom Kippur). The airport opened in 1998, but it closed in 2001 after being severely damaged by Israeli military forces. The airport has one runway of 3080 m x 60 m, but it is no longer operational due to extensive damage to the north and middle sections of the runway by the Israeli Defence Forces. Some of the taxiways are damaged, but the apron did not sustain heavy damage. ... Read more

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