Arafat was talked out of declaring 'Palestinian' reichlet in the '70's

Recently released British foreign office documents show that Yasser Arafat was talked out of declaring a 'Palestinian' state reichlet in the mid-70's, according to an al-Reuters report carried by Haaretz. One cable released by the National Archives on Friday records a meeting a diplomat had with Rashad al Shawa, a Palestinian leader in the Gaza Strip, in February 1974, shortly after Shawa had