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How the PLO Was Legitimized
- Abstract
Some leaders win power through inheritance, some through elections, some through civil war or coup d’etat. Yasir Arafat and the PLO are are attempting to come to power through international diplomacy–reinforced by murder. And they have nearly succeeded.
About the Author
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick was Leavey Professor of Political Science at Georgetown University and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Scholar, diplomat, loyal friend of Commentary and champion of liberty, Kirkpatrick died on December 7, 2006. Her seminal essay, “Dictatorships & Double Standards,” published in Commentary’s November 1979 issue, led directly to her appointment by Ronald Reagan as United States ambassador to the United Nations.
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