Jerusalem Post Says: "Kill Arafat"

[Herschel]

The Jerusalem Post took a strong editorial stand today, calling on Israel to kill Yasser Arafat:
"The world will not help us; we must help ourselves. We must kill as many of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders as possible, as quickly as possible, while minimizing collateral damage, but not letting that damage stop us. And we must kill Yasser Arafat, because the world leaves us no alternative."

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=49615

Much overdue.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Children of Abraham!

Those who sow the wind will reap the whirlwind! Killing Arafat will not stop the killing-if anything, it will make matters worse.

[Resistance]

2. yeah, well

the J-post is a right-wing rag, so you can't expect them to be making the cessation of violence and atrocities a particularly high priority.

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[Jackie97]

16. While I did not agree with how far this author went....

Was this person really any worse than all these people on here who act like all Palestinians being killed are guilty of something?

I couldn't help but find the idea of not letting "collatoral damage" stop Israel to be appalling.

[David Dunham]

4. Bye Bye Israel, For Now at Least

If Israel proceeds to kill Arafat, especially against US wishes, the time has come for the US to sever ties with Israel and treat it like a new South Africa -- not forever, but until Sharon and his Likud faction are forced out of power.

[Equinox]

24. Not just Likud, but their just as responsible Labor counterparts....

Labor has done many of the same things as Likud...just not overtly.

[liberalnurse]

5. *bush set the example...

by going into Iraq after Saddam....killing Uday and Qusay also add to the momentum of just taking out anyone you can't control.

[dfong63]

7. no, bush followed sharon's example

sharon had been assassinating palestinian leaders long before then.

he got away with it each time, even after misfires that killed innocent bystanders. so he has some grounds for expecting that he'll be able to get away with it again.

[MuseRider]

6. Yup, Bush* set the example

and I hope whatever Dem wins the election isolates Israel until they too are run by humans with some sense and restraint.

[dfong63]

8. what does Joe Lieberman say about this?

Lieberman criticized Dean for saying we shouldn't take sides. well, should we instead continue to subsidize and enable the Sharon death squads?

[MuseRider]

10. We should not take sides.

How can someone ever broker a peace if they are forever supporting one over the other? Was I unclear or was that just a question? We should not subsidize any country who treats people the way the Palestinians are being treated. I am sorry they are bombing buses etc. but so far killing and containing them and stealing their land isn't working.

[Darranar]

9. Killing Yasser Arafat...

would be disastrous for israel, the Palestinians, and the peace process.

[rini]

11. I agree

the only thing is there is no peace process, mostly because of Arafat. The smart thing to do is try him as the lying, thieving murderer he is and let him rot in solitary confinement for the rest of his miserable life.

[Darranar]

12. Well, yes...

such a punishment might be just, but it must be done in time, and not now. As soon as he is removed from presidency of the PA, he should be tried for war crimes, along with Sharon.

[bemildred]

13. I am going to be really surprised if anything happens to Arafat.

He is much too useful as a whipping boy. The present instance
is a perfect example. Did he have anything to do with the two
recent attacks? So how come are we obsessing about Arafat?

[Resistance]

14. my view

is that there is a deliberate PR effort being made by Israel to create a poster-boy image of Arafat as the same type of master-mind terrorist as the United States has had to deal with in OBL and Saddam Hussein.

I agree in that I'd also be suprised if they kill him, but who knows, maybe there is a new strategy in the works.

[bemildred]

15. I have no doubt there is a deliberate PR effort.

But where it goes is hard to tell. When dealing with loons,
rational thought often fails.

I just think he is very useful as a distraction. Remember last
year all the tanks surrounding his compound and killing a few
minions and demolishing some buildings whenever a spectacular
bombing attack occurred. So what has changed? The minions are
gone, the buildings are all demolished, but we are still making
threats at Arafat, who has zippo to do with the precipitating
incidents, to distract people from the fact that Sharon and
the IDFs promises of "security" are lies.

[Violet_Crumble]

17. Easy...

So how come are we obsessing about Arafat?

Because that Great Man'o'Peace, Sharon obsesses about Arafat. Therefore we must all obsess as well and call him a self-admitted terrorist until our fingertips bleed from the obsessive typing of posts over Arafat ;)

Violet...

[veganwitch]

18. im listening to cspan right now

and they have the editor i think, and i cant believe this guy. he just quoted someone who said that "we will not forgive you for forcing us to kill you children."

what the fuck!!!!!!

[StandWatie]

21. they are still victims..

It doesn't matter what the hell they do it's always someone else's fault.

[IndianaGreen]

19. Jerusalem Post is owned by Conrad Black, an ex-Canadian RW

Look at the Americans that run the editorial board of the Jerusalem Post and you will quickly see that this once great publication speaks only for the American neocons, Freepers, and the most racist elements in American and in Israel.

The views of the Jerusalem Post are not representative of the Jewish people at large, in America or in Israel.

Jerusalem Post Says: "Kill Arafat"

Much overdue.

And for the poster of this thread to advocate the assassination of a foreign leader that happens to be a partner of the United States in the peace process in the Middle East, albeit a fatally flawed partner, tells us a lot about his/her ideology and personal character.

Considering that we are approaching the season of atonement, if the poster were Jewish I would strongly tell him or her to spend more time in reflecting on reconciliation, forgiveness, and the spiritual meaning of the High Holidays.

[Herschel]

20. Please!

A partner in the peace process? His role is to dismantle peace. His elimination will hasten peace. Do not presume to tell me what my reaction to this creature should be based on your opinion of Judaism.

[jos]

22. You do need to atone

Seriously.

[newyorican]

23. PUNKED!

or insane. That's the short list of choices Israel has left itself with this threat.

I say punked.