Arafat's Legacy (washingtonpost.com)

Arafat's Legacy (washingtonpost.com)

Charles Krauthammer agrees with me, or at least has the same view point that Yasser Arafat was a man with one goal in mind, the destruction of Israel. Then there's this beauty of a quote:

The man who murdered more innocent Jews than anyone since Hitler died an international hero.

As well as:

while Arafat's death does open a first chance for peace since he took over the Palestinian movement four decades ago, that chance remains remote. Why? Because the revolution continues. Arafat made sure it would survive him. He created Palestinian nationalism and shaped it in a revolutionary mold that will take years, perhaps decades, to undo.

I couldn't have said it better myself. And this is a person that many in the international community hail as a statesman. Some statesman, perhaps these people who call Arafat a hero should look at the condition he left Palestine in before they pass judgement.