2. Violence will continue. Violence and negotiations will be the twin tools employed (sometimes alternately, sometimes simultaneously) to sap Israel's emotional and economic strength. Arab violence does not just happen, nor is it merely the result of a "cycle of violence." The violence is planned and employed in order to create pandemonium, demonstrate the inability of Israel's government to defend the safety of Israel's citizens, make demands (such as for the release of prisoners), establish the group's reputation within Arab circles or on the world stage, cement relationships with other terrorist organizations, etc.
[Recorder's notes: Specific terror examples were described in detail in order to illustrate Palestian utilization of targeted violence. Several early operations ordered by Yassir Arafat and conducted by the Palestinian Liberation Organizaton (PLO) included: the Avivim school bus massacre (5/8/70); the Munich Olympic massacre (9/5/72); the Ma'alot school massacre (5/15/74). Arafat launched the second "Intifada" in the fall of 2000 to prevent President Clinton's peace process from having any chance of success. Arafat personally ordered and financed the purchase and importation of numerous shipments of weapons and explosives (including 50 tons of sniper rifles, machine guns, hand grenades, etc. from Iran - Karine A, 1/02) to be used for terror attacks against Israel. The Lod Airport massacre (5/30/72), an operation planned by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and conducted by the Japanese Red Army (JRA), illuminates that there is extensive international cooperation among terrorist organizations.]
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