https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/11/07/the-arafat-opera-bouffe-continues-guts-to-open-trips-to-win/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 14:12:18 -0400<![CDATA[That was the killer poker game I used to play in my younger days when I thought I had more spending cash. Evidently Abu Mazan and Abu Ala (what about P&egrave;re Abu?) are headed to Paris to play their own version, according to Haaretz, and to &#8220;announce&#8221; the death of Arafat on Tuesday. Debka puts it more bluntly. They&#8217;re off to negotiate a deal with La Suha &#8211; Arafat&#8217;s &#8220;adoring&#8221; wife who didn&#8217;t bother to see the rais for three years but is now holding the purse strings &#8211; so that she will allow the plug to be pulled. No more sinister skullduggery was ever devised for the Jacobean stage by Webster or Tourneur. Debka also reports that Moammar Qadaffi himself may be the first Arab leader since Sadat to set foot on Israeli soil for the funeral. Is there a Harvey Weinstein connection?]]>Sun, 07 Nov 2004 18:06:16 -0500<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2004/11/07/the-arafat-opera-bouffe-continues-guts-to-open-trips-to-win-n205706