“Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat tried to enlist the backing of Pope John Paul II in a Christmas showdown with Israel, as he vowed to defy an Israeli ban on him attending midnight mass in Bethlehem,” this story reports.

How should the civilized world react to Arafat’s latest posturings? Should good and kind people everywhere feel sorry for him? Or believe a sudden revelation has compelled him to convert to Christianity (what’s so important about midnight mass all of a sudden, Chairman)?

The report continues:

China …which holds a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, joined Syria in calling on the international community to contain ‘Israeli aggression’ in the Palestinian territories, during a meeting between the countries’ respective foreign ministers.

Here’s a suggestion: Find out what China and Syria think, and think the opposite…

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