[cantfindagoodscreenname]

Please forgive me if this has been posted. I really did a search, but I post so seldom that I'm always afraid I'm gonna goof. I haven't even read this article yet, but the title is enough to make me laugh.

[mseltzer]

This is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time. But Colin Powell might take it seriously as an olive branch.

[Thinkin' Gal]

CNN is parroting The Onion!

[friendly]

In other news, the Bible has identified some Jews as having lived once upon a time in the area of the Jordan River, Judea, Jerusalem, etc.

[rdb3]

Arafat prepared to accept Israeli state

His acceptance of Israel as a nation is completely irrelevant.

[swarthyguy]

I thought it was a Sunday joke!

[thulldud]

This reminds me of Peter Malkin's account of Adolf Eichmann when the Mossad had him in custody in Argentina (1960). Eichmann made sure that Malkin understood that he (Eichmann) had studied with a rabbi, even learned some Hebrew. Which he then proceeded to recite.

I still remember reading that passage in Malkin's book, years later. It was one of those things that you see coming just before it strikes, too late to jump out of the way. What was the Hebrew that Attila the butcher picked to recite? The Shema, of all things. If I had been Peter Malkin, I think I would have jumped up and strangled him again. Permanently this time. Anything to prevent him from finishing the sentence.

And now we have another killer with a mouth full of honeyed balderdash. Arafat is an Eichmann wannabe. But he's been paid out a lot more rope than Eichmann got.

[montag813]

I see that the Saudi P.R. firm ("GOP" traitors Sandler-Innocenzi) is working overtime for Arafat now. First the pathetic setup interview with NBC's David Bloom to recite his cryptic "condemnation" in Arabic. Now its the Peacemaker. Thankfully Likud seems on steady ground. Unfortunately, as they do time and time again, the Israeli people may soon desert Likud and return to the party of national suicide.

[sbelew]

I saw this interview about an hour ago. Arafat belongs in a nursing home - he's a nutcake.

At one point he started on a rant very similar to the infamous Amanpour interview/tantrum, and I was struck by how jelly-like Wolf Blitzer became. I honestly believe Wolf was somewhere between crying & peeing. Anybody else catch this?

[Marinero82]

This article begs me to ask if Arafat was properly fed while in detention!

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

In the last couple of days someone on Fox said that Arafat has said as an aside to the Palestinians, "when I speak of peace, that's when you need to attack".

[kjam22]

I would predict that Hamas will kill Arafat before Israel does.

[Alouette]

"A part of the Jews are Palestinians, and they are represented in our legislative council," Arafat said.

No kidding. Ra-boy Moshe Hirsch is Arafat's "Minister of Jewish Affairs." Uri Avnery is pissed that he didn't get the job.