After Arafat

by Emanuel A. Winston
A Middle East analyst & commentator
April 3, 2002

The death of Yassir Arafat may be imminent. I do not think 
he will die at the hands of the Jews - although this would be 
justice at its truest form.

I think Arafat will be martyred (as he requests) by his own 
people.

He has become useless in terms of expanding his radical Jihad.
Therefore, he would be far more valuable to the Arab terror
organizations and nations as a dead martyr.

So, do not be too surprised if, quite soon, there is a gun shot 
or an explosion with shouts that Arafat has been killed by the 
Israelis - or more specifically, by Arik Sharon. These claims 
will range from his being hit by a sniper’s bullet, or a tank 
shell, mortar or missile. 

His body will be whisked away, denying forensic experts a look 
at the body with a determination of how he really died. He will 
be paraded through the streets and towns in long processions, 
then to ‘lie in state’ - at least on TV. He will become larger 
in death than he was in life. As the procession moves forward, 
women will faint. Men will scream in hysteria, shooting into 
the air with the guns they were given by Israel’s Oslo gang. 
They will, no doubt, try to bury him in the graveyard just 
east of the Old City of Jerusalem - possibly near where the 
Islamic warriors are buried in front of the Golden Gate that 
was bricked up to keep out the inevitable entrance of the 
Jewish Moshiach (Messiah). It is thought by the Muslims of 
the time that buried Muslims would make the ground unholy for 
the Jewish Moshiah.

Arafat has been screaming at the top of his voice to become a 
‘shahid’ (Martyr killed by Jews). Clearly, he is ready to leave 
this life for an Islamic Warriors’ Paradise, with his name 
forever enshrined in Islamic lore. His picture will hang in an 
Islamic homes, even in Arab nations who hate the thought and 
presence of Palestinian Arabs. Let us remember that Palestinian 
Arabs were not made welcome in Syria, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Saudi 
Arabia and never extended citizenship. But, for purposes of 
shouting, they love their brother Palestinians and for use in 
targeting Israel, they were temporarily convenient.

Yassir Arafat has been a visibly ill man for a long time. 
It seems doubtful that he has a long life line and, thus, going 
out now in a blaze of martyrdom would be a desirable end to his 
life. Whether he is part of planning the method of his death 
or whether he will be merely assassinated by his close associates 
is of little matter. 

What does matter is blaming Israel for his death. Arafat in his 
death may be able to achieve what he could not achieve in his 
life - namely arousing the familiar Arab street hysteria, thereby 
pulling the Arab nations into war. This would be Arafat’s funeral 
pyre to be burned into the memory of Islamic history.

So, if Yassir Arafat is executed in the near future know that it 
was his people who are experts in assassination who lit the match. 
It will be the Israelis who will be blamed as planned and the 
nations will send high ranking representatives of their government 
for a grand and glorious farewell funeral. 

I am sure that these same nations where dictators and bigots 
rule would have done the same for Adolph Hitler as some did for 
Joseph Stalin. 

The Dove General, Secretary of State Colin Powell, tells us that 
the presence of Arafat is necessary for that innocuous vision he 
has of "Peace". Some may recall that when Hitler committed suicide, 
the world did not dissolve but Germany did improve itself in 
humanitarian terms.

Each monster, having killed thousands - sorry, millions - should 
have been killed off years before they achieved their bloody goals. 
Why does so-called civilization wait - even honor - leaders who 
prove themselves to be murderous psychopaths who kill millions? 
Killing off Arafat would not leave a gapping hole in the fabric 
of our planet. When Abdel Gamal Nasser, Pol Pot, or Hafez al Assad 
and other dictator tyrants left this world, nothing cataclysmic 
happened. They were quickly forgotten and the vacuum of their 
absence was quickly filled by others. 

Arafat’s removal would allow others, perhaps more civilized 
(or not) to fill the void. After a week of hysterical weeping 
and solemn statements by lying politicians like Colin Powell 
who would pay homage to a terrorist, new Palestinian leaders 
would vie for political leadership. Things could get better. 
It is up to us all in the civilized world.

Dear G-d, You created a low species and I fear you have tired 
of Your experiment - particularly when we evolve into such 
deformed creatures as Yassir Arafat.