Home >> Regional >> Middle East >> Palestinian Territory >> Society and Culture >> Politics >> Politicians >> Yasser Arafat >> Opposing Views Haaretz - The Collaborator Who Failed A skeptical analysis of Yasser Arafat as having worked in concert with Israel, which ignored his corruption in return for his cooperation and his turning a blind eye toward the settlements, with condemnation coming only after he lost that ability. Guardian Unlimited - Palestine's Pétain? Describing how cheers at Arafat's release from Israel's siege of his compound turned to jeers for a man who jailed dissenters, ran a corrupt administration, and protected the settlements, and questioning if he can ever be more than a collaborator. National Review - Arafat's False Symmetry Criticizing Arafat's vision and his attempt to equate the deaths of Palestinian civilians at the hands of Israel's military with those of Israelis killed in terrorist attacks. Media Monitors Network - Time for Arafat to Abdicate Presents viewpoint that Palestine needs new leadership. Palestinian Diary - Arafat: A Local Cop on the Beat Describing Israel's expectation following the Oslo accords as being that Arafat would sell out his own people, and why Arafat cannot reasonably accept the Camp David offers.
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