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Arafat Signed Oslo Accords Hoping Jews Would Flee

(Jerusalem Post)Khaled Abu Toameh - Abdel Bari Atwan, Palestinian editor of the London-based daily al-Quds al-Arabi, said Arafat told him in 1994 that he agreed to sign the Oslo Accords because he was hoping the agreements would force thousands of Jews to flee Israel. Arafat "told me...'The day will come when you will see thousands of Jews fleeing Palestine. I will not live to see this, but you will definitely see it in your lifetime. The Oslo Accords will help bring this about.'" Atwan also disclosed that "Arafat was the one who established the Aksa Martyrs Brigades in response to the attempt to marginalize him after the failure of the Camp David summit." Atwan said Arafat rejected the offers Israel made at the summit "because he wasn't prepared to sign a final agreement with the Jewish state." "He was well aware that such an agreement would make him go down in history as a traitor because he would have to give up the right of return for the refugees and most of the sovereignty over east Jerusalem."
2004-11-24 00:00:00
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