Inveterate palestinian spokesliar Saeb Erekat dares to compare Yasser Arafat to Nelson Mandela and -- wait for it -- Mother Teresa.
Palestinian Cabinet Minster Saeb Erekat told Army Radio that Arafat would be buried in Ramallah, and that his body may be transferred to Jerusalem if a diplomatic agreement is reached with Israel. Erekat added that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory "would have turned Mother Theresa and Nelson Mandela into terrorists."
Now that's a really odd statement. I mean, no matter how you view the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, it's arguable that Nelson Mendela was, in fact, a terrorist (and, yes, I know the same is sometimes said about Ariel Sharon). But Mother Teresa?? In the same sentence?
What's old Saeb smoking today?
And then there's that thing about transferring the body to Jerusalem. I've been wrong about a lot of stuff lately, but I'll go out on one more limb and say it: I don't think so.
