Palestinian official: "Jews are the strongest in the world"

The Palestinian Authority foreign minister reportedly believes the Jewish community is “the strongest actor in the world, in modern history.” Nasser Al-Kidwa, a nephew of the late Yasser Arafat and formerly the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, was interviewed for a profile of Arafat in the current issue of the Atlantic Monthly. Arafat’s success, Al-Kidwa said, was that he made the Palestinian cause “the cause of the century, while his enemy is probably the strongest actor in the world, in modern history if not beyond.” Asked by Atlantic reporter David Samuels if he was referring to the United States, al-Kidwa said, “No. Israel and its supporters. The Jewish community around the world.” Al-Kidwa assumed control of his uncle’s medical records after a dispute between Arafat’s widow and the Palestinian Authority following his death last November. Al-Kidwa told the "Atlantic" that he did not believe the French coroner’s verdict of death by natural causes.