Thursday, December 9, 2004
Just ask the Nobel Peace Prize Committee.
Jerusalem Post: Exclusive: Nobel judges stand by Arafat:
On the eve of today's 2004 award ceremony, four of the five Norwegian Nobel Committee members, including the chairman and his deputy, as well as the committee's permanent secretary, contacted by the Post, said they still consider Arafat to have been a worthy winner. The other committee member, whom The Jerusalem Post was unable to reach, has previously expressed disappointment in Shimon Peres's post-1994 support for the policies of Ariel Sharon and issued no reported criticisms of Arafat...
In the 10 years since, there has rarely been a moment that indicated that Yasser Arafat was ever, in any way, about peace. At every turn, in every way, in public and in private, Arafat was about Arafat - power, money...murder. His "efforts" on behalf of the Palestinian Arabs led them down a path of misery and more misery - and the real slide accelerated the closer he came, culminating in a rapid bleeding out following his return from Tunis with his capos in toe.
