Kaare Kristiansen, former president of the Norwegian parliament, has once again called for a renunciation of the granting of the Nobel Peace Prize to PLO terrorist chieftain Yasser Arafat. He sent a letter this past weekend to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, in which he both denounces Arafat for undermining all prospects of Middle East peace, and calls on the Nobel Committee members to "publicly deplore" their 1994 decision to grant Arafat the respected prize. Kristiansen himself was a member of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, but resigned when it decided to award the honor to Arafat.
"Arafat is not a peace loving pacifist," Kristiansen wrote, "but a war-monger and a butcher, an ill-fortune both for his own people and for his neighbors."
This was not the first time Kristiansen has made such a call. In December 2001, he delivered a speech in which he said, "The current violence in the Middle East, for which Arafat is responsible, proves that it was a mistake to grant him the prize."
"Arafat is not a peace loving pacifist," Kristiansen wrote, "but a war-monger and a butcher, an ill-fortune both for his own people and for his neighbors."
This was not the first time Kristiansen has made such a call. In December 2001, he delivered a speech in which he said, "The current violence in the Middle East, for which Arafat is responsible, proves that it was a mistake to grant him the prize."