Yes, reports Reuters: Yasser Arafat ‘Dead’ – Palestinian Sources Say
“He is dead,” one of the sources close to Arafat said in Paris, where Arafat has been lying in a coma at a French hospital. Officials in the West Bank said they had not been informed that Arafat was dead.
On the one hand, Arafat has been a clear impediment to peace. Indeed, given his response to the Camp David Accords, and his subsequent behavior, I am of the opinion that peace was never his goal. Even more damning than that, he did not seem truly interested in improving the conditions of the Palestinians. Indeed, how the man was ever considered for the Peace Prize, or why he is admired by so many, utterly escapes me.
His death provides the chance for a more moderate leade to emerge, but also for the chance of a more terror-oriented group to his to the top, or for intenal strife to break out.
The great losers continue to be the Palestinian people.
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