Reply #12: The majority of them are not puppets... [View All]

what a majority of them are is oppurtunists. You would find it next to impossible to show that Arafat is a puppet of Israel; he has likely done things, however, that could be portrayed as aiding the colonial force. He does such because he has one major concern and that is his own power; hence, he will not (whether or not he can) challenge terrorism and racism in Palestinian society, while at the same time he will not actively endorse it or aid it.

That is why I cannot accept the GOI's view of Arafat as a bloodthirsty terrorist, nor can I accept the view of some members of the other side that Arafat is a puppet of the colonial authority. It is the same thing, IMO, with the majority of the PA, regardless of what they were created to do.