Arab Paranoia Watch II: Crazy Terrorist With AIDS Dies? Blame Jews!
Like a warm blanket, Palestinians are insisting that Israel killed Arafat:
Even as the Palestinians prepared for the ceremony, the Palestinian Authority has called for an international commission of inquiry to investigate the circumstances surrounding Arafat's passing. PA officials told The Jerusalem Post that the commission of inquiry should have the same mandate as the one established by the UN to investigate the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. Many Palestinians are still convinced that Arafat died as a result of poisoning. Two committees set up by the PA to investigate the case have failed to reach conclusive findings.
Arafat was far more useful to Sharon alive than dead - there really was very little reason to poison him. And even if Sharon would have benefited from Arafat's death, he still wouldn't have waited until Arafat was thoroughly marginalized to remove him. But let's not let facts get in the way of a good, anti-Semitic scapegoating.
Even as the Palestinians prepared for the ceremony, the Palestinian Authority has called for an international commission of inquiry to investigate the circumstances surrounding Arafat's passing. PA officials told The Jerusalem Post that the commission of inquiry should have the same mandate as the one established by the UN to investigate the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. Many Palestinians are still convinced that Arafat died as a result of poisoning. Two committees set up by the PA to investigate the case have failed to reach conclusive findings.
Arafat was far more useful to Sharon alive than dead - there really was very little reason to poison him. And even if Sharon would have benefited from Arafat's death, he still wouldn't have waited until Arafat was thoroughly marginalized to remove him. But let's not let facts get in the way of a good, anti-Semitic scapegoating.
