History of Arafat and the PLO. Argues that Arafat doesn't represent the best interests of the Palestinian people.
Date Submitted: 12/26/2004 10:37:52
Category: / History / Middle East History
Length: 11 pages (3107 words)
Category: / History / Middle East History
Length: 11 pages (3107 words)
"Arafat and the PLO"
Although having a large following, I don't believe that the Yasser Arafat, as the leader of the PLO, represents the best interests of the Palestinian people. Arafat talks of peace but his actions show his true intentions. David Pryce-Jones said he best when he observed in The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabs," wherever they live, they observe for themselves that the PLO is a means to enrichment and aggrandizement …
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…Shaul. The PLO Under Arafat: Between Gun and Olive Branch.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986.
Ovendale, Ritche. The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Wars. NY: Longman, 1999.
Pryce-Jones, David. The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabs.
New York: Harper Perennial, 1989.
Pryce-Jones, David. The Face of Defeat: Palestinian Refugees and Guerrillas.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972.
"Senate leaders: Cutting ties with Arafat possible". CNN Online. 27 Jan 2002.
22 April 2002. http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/01/27/us.arafat/index.html
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