Zakariya Zubeidi, a former leader of Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, gives an interview to Ha'aretz in which he declares the end of the Palestinian people. His point is that they are torn now by the Fateh and Hamas factionalism and the total failure of the Intifada. Ha'aretz made that statement about how we have "ended" the headline of the article, as if bringing good tidings to its readers.
Zubeidi continues to idealize Arafat and his wisdom, refusing to see how what we are harvesting now was sowed by Arafat and his leadership. But some people love sacred cows and Arafat is one of them.
Zubeidi's narcissism comes through: what he's saying is this: "I have failed, my group has failed, my leadership has failed, therefore, the Palestinian people have ended."
I do like his pointing out the absurdity of the "They are traitors" language used by Fateh and Hamas against each other. As he says, the result of that is branding 80% of the Palestinian people "traitors."
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