New Israeli minister says Arafat "does not deserve to live"

AFP | 4/12/02

[kattracks]

JERUSALEM, April 12 (AFP) - A newly appointed hardline Israeli minister said he believes Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat "does not deserve to live" because of his alleged links to terrorism, in an interview published Friday.

"Arafat does not deserve to live because he incarnates the deadliest kind of terrorism," said Effi Eitam, who became a minister without portfolio when his National Religious Party (NPR), the political arm of the Jewish settlers, joined the coalition government earlier this week.

"I can't say where and when it will happen (Arafat's disappearance), if it will be here or somewhere else, but he does not deserve to live," the former general told the mass circulation daily Yediot Aharonot.

Eitam joined Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government on Monday, shortly after being voted the head of the NPR, which has five seats in the 120-member Israeli parliament, or Knesset.

He was also appointed to the security cabinet which decides on military operations.

Eitam represents the interests of Jewish settlers who have built their communities on land seized in the 1967 Middle East war and is known for his extreme nationalistic positions.

He refuses any compromise with Palestinians in the West Bank or Gaza Strip, which he considers an integral part of Eretz Israel, or biblical-era Israel.

"We're not going left or right, we're heading straight to our forefathers' path ... They (the Palestinians) will never reach sovereignty, nor have an army or a government in any part of Eretz Israel," he also said recently.

[tomahawk]

And of course he is right.

[BrooklynGOP]

What is it about Sharon that makes him not a moderate?

[Blennos]

Hard-line Freeper Blennos, known for his extreme positions in support of the United States and its Allies, including Israel, concur completely with Eitam.

You know, the tried and true propaganda techniques, which worked so well for so many years, are just not cutting it these days.

[Clifdo]

WHO IS THE NUTCASE?????????????

[babygene]

"What is it about Sharon that makes him not a moderate?"

The mear fact that arafart is still breathing...

[scratchgolfer]

*And of course he is right.

And everyone knows it.

[vista500]

I wanna see Arafat's head on next to a Ramalla sewer, with the troops pissin' on it rather than just looking at a martyr's head, like on my website!! Then Palestinians should be dropped by helicopter over Jordan's Palace grounds http://eternallyerect.com

[Graewoulf]

"They (the Palestinians) will never reach sovereignty -- ."

Looks like Sec. Powell, next week in Israel, will have a difficult time trying to sell President Bush's speech to the UN in November, 2001 where President Bush called for an Independent Palestinian State.

It will be interesting to watch to see who blinks first.

[goldstategop]

Bravo!!! Effi Eitam says what a lot of people in Israel think but have been afraid to say aloud for fear of being persecuted by the anti-Jewish Israeli Oslo Left that controls the society. Having Arafat disappear would be too kind a fate for him. Personally, I think he should be strung up in the Ramallah town square by his filthy neck and left for dead. That's the way to deal with a mass murdering terrorist who hands are dripping with the blood of innocent men, women, and children on them. And note how the liberal scum sucking media calls conservatives who believe some people really are EVIL and don't deserve to live, "hardline." Conservatives have been called worse epithets. Kudos to Eitam for his refreshing candor.

[Brian Allen]

Sounds like another wimpy moderate to join Peres and the other left-wing terrorist appeasers who form the albatros necklace around poor Prime Minister Ancient Mariner [Warrior] Sharon's neck!

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[agrace]

...his National Religious Party (NPR), the political arm of the Jewish settlers, joined the coalition government earlier this week.

Isn't this a big deal??? Hasn't the NPR avoided joining coalition govts in the past because they consider most to be too leftist and selling out Israel?

He was also appointed to the security cabinet which decides on military operations.

Very interesting, imo.

[happygrl]

I wanna see Arafat's head on next to a Ramalla sewer, with the troops pissin' on it rather than just looking at a martyr's head...

When you get the picture, please include me in your posting.

[Alouette]

Who's Astonished Now????

Astonished	J Harris	Lematha	sawgrass
Passin Pilgrim	LeeAnn6	tynker	Kudzu Flat
Samaritan	Patria One	beecharmer	Miss Pixie
necho6	glassheart3	Friend_Or_Foe	TBD

[Alouette]

Those are all the screen names (now banned) that "necho6" used to post under.

[white trash redneck]

Agence France Presse - consider the source.

[PhilDragoo]

I can't say where and when it will happen, if it will be here or somewhere else, but he does not deserve to live

Charter a plane from Ron Brown Airways and seat Arafat, that terrible spokeswoman of his, Carville, Peres, Christiane Amanpour, Peter Jennings, Juan Williams and a dozen Saudi princes.

If the mountain won't come to Mohamed, fly Mohamed into the mountain.