Arafat was more useful to the Israelis alive, because he was someone they could legitimately refuse to do business with. It’d have been good for the Palestinian cause if he were assassinated. The reality that he got sick and died of old age is less glorious.
Frankly I’d be happy to see Israel just cut the bullshit, admit that they’re xenophobic and racist, commence genocide and push the occupants of the Gaza strip into the ocean, and be done with it; or treat the Palestinians like fellow human beings and make a lasting peace.
It saddens me to think that the Palestine / Israel conflict might well fester on for the rest of my natural life, and that people who aren’t born yet will suffer the same gross injustice that takes place today.
