PLO Quotes
The PLO and most of the Arab nations, took the position that the United Nations original partition of Palestine into a Jewish and a Palestinian nations -- UN General Assembly Resolution 181 – was “illegal”. That view has served as the basis for the Arab Israeli problems since. The basis of the illegality they claimed was the right of the Palestinians to self determination. However, it is a right which they deny to the Jews living in Palestine who also had a right to self determination. The UN solution was to partition the land into two nations so that the each had the right of self determination. However, the Arab leadership wanted only Arabs to have the right of self determination.
This quotation illustrates one of the more bizarre aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Namely that many of the Arab leaders appear to be in complete denial of what is totally verified historical fact about the Jewish presence and at times rule of much of the Middle East. There were two Jewish Temples built in Jerusalem. The first was the Temple of Solomon of Biblical Fame. Even of one dismisses the Bible as a historical source, the Babylonian records describe the Temple’s destruction in 586 BC. The Jewish Temple was rebuilt by Herod and the governmental records document its construction and other records describe its use and dedication by the Maccabees. The Roman Records completely document the destruction of the 2nd Temple in 70 AD. Arafat, although ridiculed throughout the civilized world, ordered Palestinian Historians to never mention or write about the Jewish Temples. No one knows whether he just did this as a political ploy, or was trying to pander to radical Arabs, or actually believed his statements and was in denial about reality. Outside of some Arabs, no one else believed it.
Duvalier was a notorious dictator of Haiti, who although a patriot, looted the country and appointed and tolerated cronies who all enriched themselves by stealing public funds.
Commenting on Israel's right to exist:
When the Jordanian Arab Army ejected the PLO who were trying to take over Jordan by force, they killed more Palestinians than the Israelis had killed in the entire conflict with the Palestinians. The PLO then went to Tunesia which had no army to defend against them.
The PLO and the Popular Front were guests in Jordan but would not submit to Jordanian sovereignty and control. The Palestinians then tried to take over Jordan. As a result, the Jordanians expelled the Palestinians from Jordan.
This was a major historical breakthrough. The PLO had finally accepted the right of Israel to exist. The PLO changed some of the offensive parts of their Constitution but Arafat reneged on making all the changes.
Strictly anti-Islamic discrimination is not racism as Muslems are represented in every race and nationality in the world.
