===> "Moreover, Yasser Arafat would not have been conducting this 20-month guerrilla war if he thought it could not decisively alter the balance of forces on the ground and allow him to dictate terms to the Israelis."
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Why did Arafat take this path, instead of accepting 97% of the West Bank and Gaza, plus billions in aid, plus trade, plus statehood? Was he crazy, or........
At the time, he must have known about the upcoming terrorist attack against America, and thought that America would be too weakened to help Israel, or that America would turn it's back on Israel.
Well...... in this case America's war against terrorism helped Israel, in it's significant victory over the Palestinian terrorists, by giving Israel the green light to go into the West Bank.
<< It took Arafat eight years to build this arsenal. He will not be able to replace it in a day. >>
If the Palestinians are given statehood, the time table to rebuild their terrorist infrastructure will be less. They will receive funding from the Saudis, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Cuba, United Nations, etc.
Israel MUST fight against Palestinian statehood. |
