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THE FINAL CALL magazine published an extensive interview with 
Dr. Kaukab Siddique 
last week. The interview was also available on line: 
www.finalcall.com
. 
The interview brings up the cases of 
Dr. Omar 'Abdel Rahman 
and 
Imam Jamil al-Amin.
The Final Call, founded by Minister Louis Farrakhan from Chicago, 
has the largest circulation of any African-American magazine in the 
U.S. 
Dr. Siddique was interviewed by Br. Rashad Muhammad.
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Why is Israel Interested in Attacking Arafat?
A Look At the Disinformation Campaign Meant to take Support Away from 
Islamic Groups
by Buut Shikan (Idol Breaker)
I have been wondering why Israel is interested in attacking Yasir Arafat. 
My analysis is as follows:
1. Yasir Arafat is a secularist leader, with little or no Islamic 
knowledge and only superficial commitment to Islam in his personal life.
2. Arafat was the first 
Palestinian 
leader to RECOGNIZE Israel.
3. When there was little support for him, he was brought into the 
Palestinian situation and set up as a leader.
4. All the Islamic opponents of Arafat were locked up and then 
"elections" were held to elect him as the leader of Palestine.
5. He has never urged battle against Israel. Even after severe humiliation, 
he never says no to talks with Israeli leaders, even with criminals like 
Sharon.
The question arises why Israel keeps abusing Arafat and claiming that he 
is behind "Palestinian 
terrorism?"
Is there any evidence that Arafat supports or funds or encourages 
martyrdom 
operations against Israel? Absolutely not. There is no such evidence.
ACTUALLY ISRAEL IS CARRYING OUT A SOPHISTICATED DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN 
AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS and they have fallen for it.
Look at the TIMING of each Israeli campaign. Each time Israeli move 
follows a successful martyrdom operation against Israel when the 
Palestinian people see Islamic martyrs as their heroes. Israel is quite 
ALARMED at the steep increase in support for Hamas and Islamic Jihad 
among average Palestinians. The Israeli assassination of Hamas leader 
ABU SHANAB led to a huge demonstration by Palestinians at his funeral. 
It was clear the forces of Islam are gaining so rapidly that Israeli 
plans will soon become worthless.
Then came the outrageous Israeli rhetoric against Arafat, with an open 
claim that he would be removed by force, and then the hint was given that 
Israel might even kill him! The Palestinians took the BAIT and rallied in 
their thousands to support Arafat and he came out all smiles and blowing 
kisses. [HOW THE ISRAELIS MUST BE LAUGHING!] The attention was totally 
diverted from the centrality of Islamic resistance.
Look at the rulers supporting Arafat: 
MUBARAK, 
ABDULLAH, and all the toothless dogs in the conglomeration of politically 
castrated "leaders" known as the Arab League. These same traitors only 
days earlier accepted the U.S. appointee to the Ruling Council in 
Iraq 
as "Foreign Minister of Iraq."
These rulers supporting Arafat have the same characteristics as Arafat. 
They are BITTERLY OPPOSED to what they call "political Islam." They all 
recognize Israel. All they want, like Arafat, is some largesse 
("crumbs") from America in the form of a rump bantustan to be called 
"Palestine."
Can't our Palestinian brothers/sisters see: Israel is trying to 
legitimize a man sitting in a room surrounded by Israeli forces. The 
Israelis know that all they have to do is to abuse Arafat, and 
Palestinians, in a knee jerk reaction, will support him. It is pathetic!
Thus Israel keeps alive America's man as a legitimate Palestinian leader 
while Israeli hit squads are busy killing the real leaders.
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2003-09-21 Sun 08:46ct