(Telegraph-UK) - Arafat's brutal methods were symbolized by the masked thugs who tried to batter down the door of the Palestinian legislative council on Thursday while prime minister Abbas was speaking. Abbas's fate proves, if proof were needed, that no truly moderate Palestinian leader can work alongside Arafat. If the simmering Middle East conflict now boils over, the blame will lie at Arafat's door.
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