As I mentioned back before this thread became dormant (and thankfully so) the Bushes and other high level US government officials are guilty of corruption that causes just as much suffering on the part of US citizens as Arafat and Qureia do to Palestinians. The only difference, for the purposes of people who start threads like this one, is that people who start threads like this one do so specifically in order to stir up and spread hatred toward Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims.

Someone said, not too long ago, that if the government of Israel really wanted to get rid of Arafat, the best way to do it would be to stop making him such a big issue. They don't want Arafat gone. He's too usefull to them. But no one has the right to dictate to the Palestinians who will be their democratically elected president.