Muslim Cleric Calls for Death of Arafat

Apr 14 05:00 UTC 2002

Muslim cleric calls for death of Arafat
        Says Israel should continue offensive until he's executed
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A noted Italian Muslim leader and regional expert has called on Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon to continue his military campaign against Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat until the latter is "executed or jailed."

"Sheikh [Prof. Abdul Hadi] Palazzi asks Prime Minister Sharon not to stop the
military operation against the boss of terror, until the day when the Egyptian
criminal Abdel Ra'uf al-Kobdah [aka Yasser Arafat]" is neutralized for good.

Palazzi, who is secretary-general of the Italian Muslim Association, also said
he approved of Sharon's decision to "destroy the centers of the Arafatian
terror in Israel" and accused the Palestinian Authority chairman of inciting
"more than 30 years of barbarian and indiscriminate terror."

Meanwhile, Sheikh Ali Hussen, president of the Italian Muslim Association,
also praised Sharon's actions.

In a joint communiqu published yesterday, Hussen said, "Arafat's wickedness
has reached the extreme limit of what humanity can bear, and ? it is time for
that murderer of Jews, of Christians and of Muslims, for the man who has been
spreading terror on the face of earth, to pay the final bill for his
numberless crimes."

"We ask Prime Minister Sharon not to move a step back ? as already happened
before ? since [setting] that criminal free again could only have the
consequence [of making] Israel appear unsafe and weak," the communiqu said.
"'Arafat' is at least entrapped, and it is essential that the only alternative
is between executing, imprisoning or expelling him. Whichever option is
chosen, the world must be assured that 'Arafat' will not able to shed blood
anymore."

Palazzi has a distinguished history of defending Israel's right to exist. In
an April 17, 2001, interview with WorldNetDaily, Palazzi said that right is
even described in the Koran, the Muslim holy book.

"And thereafter we said to the Children of Israel: 'Dwell securely in the
Promised Land. And when the last warning will come to pass, we will gather
you together in a mingled crowd,'" the Koran says in 17:104, The Night
Journey.

The Italian cleric, who is also the Muslim co-chair of the Islam-Israel
Fellowship of the Root and Branch Association ? which promotes the study and
practice of universal Jewish teachings ? said much of what is known and
written about Jews and so-called Palestinians is mythical.

He says one of the most common misconceptions in the current Arab-Israeli
conflict is that in reality, "there is no such thing as a 'Palestinian.'

"There never was. It is a PR fiction, a Madison Avenue fantasy," he said.

Meanwhile, reports yesterday said the Bush administration was giving Arafat
one last chance to renounce terrorism or risk losing any remaining American
support.

"The message is: This is it. Last chance," said one unnamed U.S. official in
Israel with Secretary of State Colin Powell, according to the Jerusalem Post.
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response 2 of 40:

Apr 14 07:53 UTC 2002

NO takers

response 4 of 40:

Apr 14 15:02 UTC 2002

mmmmm...capicola!!!

response 6 of 40:

Apr 14 15:16 UTC 2002

mmmmm!

response 8 of 40:

Apr 14 21:49 UTC 2002

<laughing uncontrollably at #3, and again at #5>

Italian cuisine would probably do it.  I think a few glasses of good
red wine would probably loosen up the principals, and you *know*
that a lot of these folks need something to loosen them up.

Re #0:  I suppose that if a Muslim army comes to Israel to throw
Arafat and the PLO out of Palestine and guarantee the security of
the Jewish state, I could justifiably say that I've seen it all.

That said, I wish this Italian cleric luck.  I get the uneasy feeling
that he's going to need it, like Salman Rushdie.

response 10 of 40:

Apr 15 14:32 UTC 2002

Don't think the sausage dish would be appropriate, as both Jews and 
Muslims are not supposed to eat pork or pork products.

response 12 of 40:

Apr 15 15:38 UTC 2002

10: The carbonara sauce and the sausage both contain pig meat (in the 
form of pancetta in the sauce) which is neither kosher nor halal, and 
the other two dishes both have shellfish which is definitely not kosher 
and might not be halal either, for all I know or care.

11: In a big way, yes.  And what did they ever do for the natives?  I 
mean, apart from roads, sanitation, wine, public safety . . .

response 14 of 40:

Apr 15 16:40 UTC 2002

 re #12:

 >> In a way, the Italians (Romans) did occupy Palestine but I dont think 
 >> it worked out too well 
 > 
 > In a big way, yes.  And what did they ever do for the natives?  I 
 > mean, apart from roads, sanitation, wine, public safety . . .

 Well, they also crucified a few trouble-makers, but perhaps you include
 that under the category of "public safety".

response 16 of 40:

Apr 15 17:30 UTC 2002

/cues "Stornelli Amorisi" performed by Claudio Villa

response 18 of 40:

Apr 15 21:23 UTC 2002

Re: 13 - there's already been a resurgence.  Compare Kristallnacht with the
ongoing vandalism, beatings, and synagogue arson taking place in France today.

response 20 of 40:

Apr 16 03:59 UTC 2002

If only it was that easy to get them to stop murdering people.

response 22 of 40:

Apr 17 00:58 UTC 2002

"Compare Kristallnacht..."  Why should we compare attrocities committed by
a small minority to wholesale genocide committed by a government?  What do
we learn from that comparison aside from the fact that the Jewish situation
in Europe as been vastly worse in the past than it is now?

response 24 of 40:

Apr 17 08:52 UTC 2002

Jan: Perhaps Mike wants to ensure that your statement -- that "the Jewish
situation in Europe [h]as been vastly worse in the past than it is now" --
remains true.