Excerpts from a late-November editorial in The Detroit News entitled, "Make Arafat Pay for Terror"
"Israel is right to ask why the United Nations has not mobilized against this unceasing terror. The U.N. has exhibited a blind spot when it comes to killing Jews in the Middle East. As has the European Union. As has the Arab League. Their silence can only be read by the terrorists as tacit approval for the tactic.
"The United States makes the obligatory denunciation of terror after each attack, but does little else to assist its ally in this fight.
"So Israel must act as it sees fit to protect its citizens. That starts with the expulsion of Yasser Arafat. The Palestinian chief has been impotent in stopping the terrorism and punishing the terrorists. His time has run out. Israel would be justified in moving into Ramallah and seizing Arafat for either exile or prosecution. From there, it must move with determination through the Palestinian territories, cleaning out every terrorist nest.
"This is bound to raise angry protests from the United Nations, Europe and the Arab world. But a community of nations unable to find its voice when Israelis are blown apart should continue to hold its tongue when Israel acts in self-defense. If the world community won't speak out against murder, it has no moral authority to speak against the retaliation."
"Israel is right to ask why the United Nations has not mobilized against this unceasing terror. The U.N. has exhibited a blind spot when it comes to killing Jews in the Middle East. As has the European Union. As has the Arab League. Their silence can only be read by the terrorists as tacit approval for the tactic.
"The United States makes the obligatory denunciation of terror after each attack, but does little else to assist its ally in this fight.
"So Israel must act as it sees fit to protect its citizens. That starts with the expulsion of Yasser Arafat. The Palestinian chief has been impotent in stopping the terrorism and punishing the terrorists. His time has run out. Israel would be justified in moving into Ramallah and seizing Arafat for either exile or prosecution. From there, it must move with determination through the Palestinian territories, cleaning out every terrorist nest.
"This is bound to raise angry protests from the United Nations, Europe and the Arab world. But a community of nations unable to find its voice when Israelis are blown apart should continue to hold its tongue when Israel acts in self-defense. If the world community won't speak out against murder, it has no moral authority to speak against the retaliation."