Analysis: Arafat wins, Palestinians lose again

[drdon326]

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1062905915138

Yasser Arafat has outmaneuvered successive Israeli, European, and American leaders for 20 years, and on Saturday he added George W. Bush's scalp to his impressive collection.

Mahmoud Abbas, the man who less than two months ago was being feted at the White House as the world's choice for Palestinian leader, has been reduced to nothing, simply because he was not Arafat's choice.

It took just 100 days for Arafat to trash the dream of the US president that he could impose an alternative leader on the Palestinians.
Abbas is the victim of what many Palestinians see as a botched attempt by Israel and the US to sideline their elected leader.

The writing was on the wall from the very beginning.

It was clear that Arafat, who has never agreed to share powers with any Palestinian, would do his utmost to undermine Abbas and bring about his downfall.

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maybe it is time for yassir to get a 1 way ticket.

[comradebillyboy]

1. in my opinion two major factors work against peace

1. the total incompetence and corruptness of the palestinean authority and
2. the insane parlimentary system where the nutwad religious parties block any kind of sane approach to the occupied territories.

most israelis would be delighted to trade land for peace, but the fringe parties that are needed to get a functioning coalition government in parliment are determined to never let the occupied territopries go.

arafat seems incapable of breaking out of his freedom fighter/terrorist mode and becoming a constructive force in building any democratic institutions for the palistenians.

[Muddleoftheroad]

2. Land for peace

I agree that most Israelis would gladly make this trade, but it is NEVER offered to them. The Palestinian terror groups aren't offering peace. They want to destroy Israel and their boss Chairman Arafat won't shut them down under any circumstances.