Arafat's succession battle looming

[Cry Freedom]

When Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafat fainted in his bombed-out Ram Allah office a few months ago, reportedly because of severe flu, panic engulfed the entire Palestinian political establishment.

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In a certain sense, Arafat was the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Authority was Arafat. Moreover, the result of this autocracy was, according to one Palestinian human rights activist, “a police state without a state.”

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Qassim argues, “Fatah will definitely disintegrate and polarise into many groups and factions.”

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4C06C01F-36BF-4565-9BDF-681DC09BCB03.htm

[Forkboy]

1. Arafat can't leave soon enough.