The Joke That Was Sa'adat's Sentence - How the Palestinian Authority Meets Its Obligations When It's Not Busy Violating Them
We often complain about the Rules of International Law, and have been known now and again to demonstrate the veracity of Rule #2: No one expects Israel's enemies to actually keep their agreements. Sometimes, however, we find ourselves asking what's worse - having the Palestinians openly violate their agreements, or watching the charade that they call "meeting their obligations":
The British and American guards understood full well that their time was running out. They had complaints about the conditions of their notorious charges. But those complaints were nothing new. They had been heard almost from the outset. Sa'adat and his friends conducted their lives almost as if they were on the outside. Sa'adat received any visitors he chose to, held media briefings and directed the PFLP election campaign.
You'll recall that Israel was ready to all but raze Arafat's compound to get to Sa'adat, and that they withdrew only under heavy international pressure and myriad promises that Sa'adat would rot in jail. But instead, the Jericho compound became the ideal place for Sa'adat to continue his terrorist operations - he lived a celebrity lifestyle, met and encouraged recruits, and drew up plans. He did all this in the only place on the planet where he was safe from Israel - even Abbas said that Sa'adat was better off staying in jail because Israel couldn't reach him there. Abbas, of course, is the head of the Palestinian Authority - that organization that had agreed to throw these terrorists in jail in order to save Arafat from the oh so brave position of having offerred his skirts for them to hide behind.
The British and American guards understood full well that their time was running out. They had complaints about the conditions of their notorious charges. But those complaints were nothing new. They had been heard almost from the outset. Sa'adat and his friends conducted their lives almost as if they were on the outside. Sa'adat received any visitors he chose to, held media briefings and directed the PFLP election campaign.
You'll recall that Israel was ready to all but raze Arafat's compound to get to Sa'adat, and that they withdrew only under heavy international pressure and myriad promises that Sa'adat would rot in jail. But instead, the Jericho compound became the ideal place for Sa'adat to continue his terrorist operations - he lived a celebrity lifestyle, met and encouraged recruits, and drew up plans. He did all this in the only place on the planet where he was safe from Israel - even Abbas said that Sa'adat was better off staying in jail because Israel couldn't reach him there. Abbas, of course, is the head of the Palestinian Authority - that organization that had agreed to throw these terrorists in jail in order to save Arafat from the oh so brave position of having offerred his skirts for them to hide behind.
