Kare Kristiansen (1920-2005)
By David Aikman
Sometimes in life you have the privilege of meeting a truly great man. I had that honor when I interviewed in 1999 a former Norwegian member of parliament, Kare Kristiansen. Kristiansen, who died recently at age 85, courageously resigned from the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in 1994 after it awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Yasser Arafat. At the time, many people thought that rewarding Arafat would make him behave better.
Kristiansen knew better. He knew that Arafat was a man with blood on his hands and that terrorism would grow worse against Israel after the 1993 Oslo agreements, not better. He was right. Hundreds of Israelis died in the next few years as terrorism escalated.
Kristiansen was a devout Christian and a man of honor, who throughout his life wanted to defend the Jewish people. We should honor his memory.
From Beyond The News
Sometimes in life you have the privilege of meeting a truly great man. I had that honor when I interviewed in 1999 a former Norwegian member of parliament, Kare Kristiansen. Kristiansen, who died recently at age 85, courageously resigned from the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in 1994 after it awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Yasser Arafat. At the time, many people thought that rewarding Arafat would make him behave better.
Kristiansen knew better. He knew that Arafat was a man with blood on his hands and that terrorism would grow worse against Israel after the 1993 Oslo agreements, not better. He was right. Hundreds of Israelis died in the next few years as terrorism escalated.
Kristiansen was a devout Christian and a man of honor, who throughout his life wanted to defend the Jewish people. We should honor his memory.
From Beyond The News
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