The American Spectator

p> PEACE THROUGH VICTORY br> Re: P. David Hornik’s On the Left, Terror, and Friends : /p>

P. David Hornik’s outstanding analysis of Israeli Leftist support for Palestinian terrorists aims at tracing fundamental reasons for this phenomenon. And he rightly points out a strong elitist element involved.

It has been my observation that it is precisely from the class of frustrated intellectuals, who believe themselves smarter than anyone else, who believe governing power should rightly be theirs, that this kind of treasonous identification most frequently comes.

p>This is of course not something exclusive to Israel, but given the evils of suicide-bombing Palestinian terrorism, it takes one of its most reprehensible forms here. br> — Shalom Freedman br> Jerusalem, Israel /p>

There is a point that P. David Hornik has missed. And that is a lack of respect for the opposition. Arafat didn’t want PEACE — he wanted VICTORY.

I think that Arafat was a deplorable person, but looking at him solely in terms of the head of the PLO, he wanted victory. Did this make him a bad person (as I say, leaving aside everything else — his personal behavior, his terrorist tactics, etc.)? No!