Sublime

The man who took up the cause most effectively was Yasser Arafat. He managed to get Palestinian national aspirations onto the world’s agenda, but to do so, he fashioned a tradition of Palestinian violence worldwide. Ultimately, Arafat unleashed a campaign of terror not only against Israeli civilians, but against targets in Europe and beyond as well

Along with the invigorated stature of public officials, security concerns created heroes among firefighters and law enforcement officers, who suddenly achieved a newly exalted stature.