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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/496813.html
Is Everything Arafat's Fault?
(Ha'aretz) Amira Hass - Blaming Arafat for "everything" is becoming part of a current fashion among Palestinians. It is convenient among the Palestinian elite and many activists to shrug off any personal and collective responsibility for what is happening. Over the years, Arafat would not have been able to display his virtuosity in creating circles of supporters and doers of his bidding in return for money and perquisites had not prominent individuals and movements, including some in the opposition, agreed to take this from him.