MEMRI: Palestinian Leaders: Our Strategy Brought Sharon Victory


PA leaders editorialize on the...overuse...of violence and take an honest look at why they have Ariel Sharon to deal with. When dealing with a democracy, sometimes its foes get out what they put in.

"Three times the Israelis expressed faith in the forces of the Left and the Center, which could have made peace for them. The most serious [violent] confrontations took place while the Left and Center ruled, with the encouragement of Palestinian extremists with fanciful plans - which pleased the Israeli Right. The Israelis remember that during Benjamin Netanyahu's term of office, there were the fewest confrontations, and the fewest Israelis were killed. They also remember how the opposite happened during Peres's time, on the eve of the 1996 elections, when buses were exploding in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Ashkelon."