A legacy of voids & visions.

AuthorFriedman, Thomas L.
PositionBrief Article - Column

Yasir Arafat left a void of readership. He also left a void of achievement. It is that second void that really matters, considering that he led the Palestinian movement for some 40 years. Pardon me if I don't join in the chorus about how his great achievement was the way he represented the "aspirations" for statehood of the Palestinian people and, through terrorism and resistance, put their cause on the world map. Excuse me, but he put the Palestinian cause on the world map in 1974, when he addressed...

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