by Yoram Ettinger
yoramtex@netvision.net.il

September 22, 2002

1. Some observers tend to personalize the root cause of Palestinian terrorism, focusing on Arafat, rather than at the PLO/PA system as a whole.  They contend that other PLO leaders, such as Dr. Sari Nusseibeh, head of PLO Jerusalem operations and President of Al Quds University, are men of peace.  Really?!
    

2. WRITING TO SADDAM HUSSEIN (Jan. 21, 2001), Nusseibeh stated: “In the name of Al-Quds University...allow me to express the admiration of the Palestinians for your honorable positions...You represent the vanguard of steadfastness...We, in Jerusalem, are inspired by you...We are proud to belong to a nation, which considers you a symbol of resistance and a symbol of its greatness...We are certain of your support...”
    

3. DURING THE 1991 GULF WAR, Nusseibeh was arrested for collaborating with Saddam, attempting to improve the accuracy of Saddam's Scud missiles fired at Israel.  Israel's dovish daily, Ha’aretz, reported (Jan. 1991) that Nusseibeh also transferred hundreds of thousand dollars to Palestinian terrorists, and quoted the President of the Jerusalem County Court: "Nusseibeh's arrest was on national security grounds."
    

4. NUSSEIBEH's POSITION ON HOMICIDE BOMBING was exposed on Al Jazirah TV (June 29, 2002), responding to Umm Nidal, a proud mother of a homicide bomber: "Hats off to Umm Nidal, and to any warrior of Palestinian Jihad...Listening to Umm Nidal, I recall the Qur'anic verse stating that Paradise is at the feet of mothers...I do not wish to mix politics with the respect felt by each Palestinian toward Jihad warriors..."
    

5. NUSSEIBEH's PHILOSOPHY ON THE DISMANTLING OF ISRAEL (his own Sept. 15, 2000 document):  The "Algeria Model", calling for the destruction of Israel, has portrayed Arabs as aggressors. Therefore, it should be replaced by the "South African Model", featuring integration as a means to dismantle the Jewish State.  The "South African Model" would not entail a ceasefire, and would eventually transform Israel from a Jewish state to a Palestinian democratic secular state, stretching from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean and absorbing millions of Palestinian refugees.
    

6. NUSSEIBEH's POSITION ON THE "RETURN OF THE 1948 REFUGEES" (euphemism for the annihilation of Israel) per his own March 6, 2002 news release: The implementation of UN Resolution 194 (Dec. 11, 1948) mandates Israel to pay full compensation to the Palestinian refugees and to discuss the return of those wishing to do so.
    

7. ABUSING THE PRIVILEGES OF A PRESIDENT OF A UNIVERSITY, Nusseibeh has transformed Al Quds University into the Jerusalem headquarters of the PLO/PA, heralding Saddam, inciting against Israel, promoting illegal construction and supporting families of Palestinian terrorists.
    

8. The support of Nusseibeh, and other PLO/PA leaders who pose as men of peace, has precluded the emergence of an alternative peaceful Palestinian leadership.