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...fail to make a clear distinction between the P.L.O. and the Palestinians. For years, the P.L.O. has operated from heavily populated areas. Yasser Arafat knew that an Israeli counterattack would result in heavy civilian losses. The security of his terrorist organization was and still is more important to him than the safety of people he claims to be defending. Michael Maya Oak Ridge, Tenn...
...characterization of Yasser Arafat's policies as "relatively moderate" makes him sound like a middle-of-the-road American politician. He is moderate only in comparison with such immoderates as Gaddafi and Khomeini. On any other scale, Arafat, who has advocated the elimination of Israel, and who is probably the person most responsible for the proliferation of worldwide terrorism, would be recognized as the extremist that...
...Beirut, P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat was quoted by a leftist newspaper as comparing himself with the wartime Winston Churchill. "Why do you say that I will leave Beirut?" Arafat demanded. "What is this stupid propaganda? Did Winston Churchill leave London?" Arafat's bravado concealed the harsh truth of the P.L.O.'s predicament: there is no place it can go and survive in its present form. The P.L.O. leadership and many of its guerrillas may eventually be given sanctuary in one or more Arab countries, but none was willing to accept the P.L.O. as an organized military force...
When one network circumvented the censors, Israel cracked down more sternly. Israeli officials refused transmission to an ABC interview with P.L.O. Leader Yasser Arafat, in which he claimed that the U.S. would "pay" for the conflict by seeing its relations with Arabs "destroyed." Hours later, ABC beamed out the Arafat footage from Herzliya anyway, purportedly as the result of a misunderstanding, and broadcast it on June 21. In response, the Begin government angrily denied ABC the use of its satellite facility and only lifted the ban two days later after ABC filed a letter of "regret" over the incident. Despite...
Only hours after the latest cease-fire went into effect, Yasser Arafat, chairman of the P.L.O., gave an exclusive interview to TIME Middle East Bureau Chief William Stewart. The session took place in an underground P.L.O. bunker while armed commandos sat in every doorway. Instead of the usual Arab headdress, Arafat was wearing a stiff fatigue cap and an olive-drab uniform. Excerpts from the interview...