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In view of his own history as a terrorist, Israel’s Prime Minister Begin must find it difficult to hold a straight face when he refuses to deal with the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) on the grounds that its members are “terrorists”. But, again, Mr. Begin’s self-righteous lectures have been faithfully repeated in the American press, with hardly a questioning tone.

In view of his own history as a terrorist, Israel’s Prime Minister Begin must find it difficult to hold a straight face when he refuses to deal with the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) on the grounds that its members are “terrorists”. But, again, Mr. Begin’s self-righteous lectures have been faithfully repeated in the American press, with hardly a questioning tone.

James Abourezk (US senator) “The Relentless Israeli Propaganda Machine”, 1978