Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Khalid Mish`al

I don't trust Khalid Mish`al, as a Palestinian leader.  Something about him strikes me as shifty and unprincipled.  I can see him take his movement the same route that the lousy Yasir `Arafat took his Fath movement.  And if Arafat surrendered Fath to Saudi Arabia and its oil wealth, Mish`al seems to be surrendering his movement to Qatar.  I should add that he is a lousy speaker: he compensates for lack of oratorical skills by shouting.  Isma`il Hanniyyah is probably the best orator of the movement, and he is seen as sincere by his admirers and critics in the Arab world.