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Peter Deutsch: The reality of how bad and awful that is, Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority have been as bad and maybe even…

On the recordMay 14, 2002
The reality of how bad and awful that is, Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority have been as bad and maybe even worse to their own people, indiscriminately killing people in just no type of civil process at all, destruction of an economy, corruption at levels which is untold, probably unmatched almost maybe anywhere in the world the level of corruption, and that in a sense is the entity that the United States is supporting.
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Peter Deutsch
Florida

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Discussing the impact of Palestinian attacks and the actions of the Palestinian Authority.

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