(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh- The war in Iraq has bolstered Arab and Palestinian reformers who believe that the time has come for real change in the Arab world. The change, they say, should begin by getting rid of the Arab despots and their corrupt regimes. Palestinian newspapers are full of articles arguing that the Arab presidents, emirs, and monarchs must change their ways of governing, or they could meet the same end as Saddam. Yet commentators have been careful not to include Arafat in the list of corrupt Arab dictators who should step aside.
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