I think Atafat sumraed it up best when he said on 2 January to the Saudi news agencyt “The Pfb of fera not the peace of the weak but the peace of Saladin.” For these uninitiated I explain that in 1192 Saladin could not defeat the Crusaders, so he made a peace treaty with them and then massed his foraee and ehortly thereafter drove them out of the Holy Land. We do not want the peace of Saladin) we do not want the peace of the grave8 we want peace. So much for Arafat the peacemaker. I cannot possibly leave this point without dealing with Arafat the cartographer. Hs produced a coin. f invite anyone intereeted to look at the coin. It has an engraving of an ancient symbol with w ancient background. I doubt very much they had cartographers at that time. This IUBnOrah dates from the period of the Second Temple, roughly two millenia ago. I am not sure they knov the outlines of the Middle East at that time- JP/cm s/Pv. 2923 96 (Mr. Netanyahu, Israel) Xf you look closely, Mr. President* you will have to exercise not Only extraordinary eyesight but extraordinary powers of imagination and a capacity to leave fact and enter the realm of high fancy. This is a joke. But here is something that is not a joke. If we are &aling wfth a laapr here is a map. It is cm tbs cover page of Arafat’s speech delivered here today at the United Nations. There irr a symbol here. It is mall, so I wish to enlarge it. Here 4.e m exlargement of what the Pu) tapes cm its masthead. It includes the ticritory, as Arafet said so often, “between the river aud the sea. - the West Bank 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a political speech or statement, likely related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It mentions historical figures and events, and the speaker is criticizing the Palestinian leader Arafat's approach to peace and territorial claims. The text does not discuss economic, environmental, or scientific issues.

**Category**
Culture, International relations