Still, if it’s any consolation to the late Chairman, the killing of his supporters is part of a grand tradition. Arafat’s uncle, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the first “Arab nationalist” colossus of the modern era, launched his revolt against the British in 1936. By the time the dust settled, there were hundreds of dead British, hundreds of dead Jews, and thousands of dead Muslims, the vast majority of that last group murdered by the Mufti’s men as part of intra-Muslim score-settling. “Kill the Jews wherever you find them,” the Mufti liked to say, but, for all the stirring rhetoric, he found it a lot easier to kill his fellow Muslims.  Even in Palestine, some things never change.
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