Arafat Signed Oslo Accords As Trojan Horse

2/16/2006 Clip No. 1046

Al-Quds Al-Arabi Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Bari Atwan: Arafat Told Me He Would Turn the Oslo Accords into a Curse for Israel

Following are excerpts from an interview by Al-Quds Al-Arabi Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Bari Atwan, aired on ANB TV on February 16, 2006.

Abd Al-Bari Atwan: When the Oslo Accords were signed, I went to visit [Arafat] in Tunis. It was around July, before he went to Gaza. I said to him: We disagree. I do not support this agreement. It will harm us, the Palestinians, distort our image, and uproot us from our Arab origins. This agreement will not get us what we want, because these Israelis are deceitful.

He took me outside and told me: By Allah, I will drive them crazy. By Allah, I will turn this agreement into a curse for them. By Allah, perhaps not in my lifetime, but you will live to see the Israelis flee from Palestine. Have a little patience. I entrust this with you. Don't mention this to anyone. Always remember this. Sometimes, when I would criticize him strongly, he would say to me: Do you remember the promise I made, Abd Al-Bari?

He was very amicable, and had a great capacity to forgive. I never let him down in crucial moments. For example, when the Americans tried to force Abu-Mazen on him as prime minister, and to take away all his authorities, I stood by Yasser Arafat. I was convinced, because of what he entrusted with me, and because I knew him, that he would not betray [the Palestinians], and would not make concessions.

That is why I knew that it was he who founded and armed the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, in order to redress the balance with the historic mistake of the Oslo Accords.

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[scottadler]

Let the Palestinkers pay for what they have done: Let them live with other Arabs. That will fix them!

[N9BJJ]

Jordan is Palestine. It makes up 78% of historical palestine as it was under the Ottomans. The British had no right to install the Hashemites there. They should rename Jordan to Palestine. Let the Palis go and live there.

[Palestittian]

Arafat stole $300 million from his people and then died of AIDS

[yonikarmi]

What a slimeball !

[ThinkToFreedom]

@PalestinianV "and applied everything correctly"

Search "Relentless: The Struggle for Peace in Israel"

If you don't believe this, then you need to admit yourself to a health clinic.

[15hglsd]

@idfman89 i know that "palestinian" is a contrived nationality, but its too late for that argument now. the fact is, the palestinians have become a people, and israel should strive for peace with them. That being said, israel's security should always come first, since the arabs have constantly tried to destroy it.

[15hglsd]

this really makes you wonder if the palestinians can be trusted at all

[Nir31]

yep peace with Israel as an Arab state

[PalestinianV]

I don't believe him. First of all, Arafat signed Oslo Accords and applied everything correctly, while the israelis who assassinated their prime minister Itzhac Rabin so destroyed everything ! Arafat wanted the peace with Israel but Israel controlled by the right wing fanatics so they are against a Palestinian State because for them the west-Bank and Gaza are jewish lands according to the old testament myths ! Before anything the Palestinians don't have strong armies to destroy anyone !