There's a lot of egos in these countries, like the French, the Germans, et cetera, and so they keep funding and rehabilitating Yasser Arafat.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Nations have their ego, just like individuals.
Arafat is hosting, training, supporting, sponsoring terrorist organizations.
I remember when I was in the Middle East, Yasser Arafat used to go to Bahrain and Qatar on a Thursday and then go to Saudi Arabia and get his financial help on a Saturday.
You know how arrogant the French are - extraordinary.
In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn't willing to have an independent Palestinian state.
Arafat is the greatest instigator of terror.
They're very nationalistic the French - or they used to be. Very insular. Pretty arrogant.
The French have the reputation of being arrogant. I don't think it's arrogance but a certain authenticity.
This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
This sympathy is not translated into force against the British government because it is not like the anti- apartheid movement which had a high profile here and Mandela is a more engaging figure than Yasser Arafat.
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