(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - Many Palestinians continue to regard Arafat as a unique and legendary symbol of their cause, but the general feeling is that his memory is rapidly fading away - a mere year after his death. Rasha Shaheen, a university student from Ramallah, explained: "We loved Arafat as a symbol, but more and more people are beginning to realize that this is a man who led us from one disaster to another over the past 40 years."
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