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...unmitigated shame that in Charles Kurzman's account of the protest against the PLO (4/27/83), he did not see fit to include a comment from someone who reacted strongly against Hassan Abdul-Rahman's speech, to get some perspective on what transpired...
That "the approach of the Jews towards the Palestinians has been genocidal from the very beginning..." is an absolute lie. On the contrary, the PLO Covenant calls for the destruction of Israel (That is their goal. Their objectives are thus not as benign as the Crimson quotes would indicate, which further shows the need for some balancing remarks), and in fact all Palestinians or PLO members who have dared to speak out for peace with Israel have been murdered, most recently Issam Sartawi...
...PLO has not limited its anti-Jewish activities to propaganda. It is extremely well documented that the PLO provided military and financial support for European neo-Nazi groups, including military training at former terrorist bases in Southern Lebanon PLO links to groups which have carried out the bombing of synagogues and Jewish schools in Europe have also been well documented. For example, al-Fatah, Arafat's group, trained members of L'oeuvre Francais, an extreme right-wing French group, to carry out terrorist operations for the PLO. These activities are consistent with the PLO strategy of inciting anti-Jewish sentiment...
...PLO has always rejected even the concept of peace with Israel and has killed many of its members who have dared to advocate peace and compromise. In fact, the PLO Charter, which has been consistently reaffirmed by all PLO leaders, rejects "all solutions which are substitutes for the total Liberation of Palestine...
...unlikely, however, that either Rahman's speech or the controlled questioning will lead to a discussion of either the PLO racist propaganda campaign or the PLO training of neo-Nazis. Rather, Rahman will present, and the organizers will allow to be questioned, only that side of the PLO that the PLO wants the West to know about...