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Source: http://www.msnbc.com/news/764141.asp
Turn Swords Into Ballots
(Newsweek) - Most Palestinians are fed up with Yasser Arafat, and have been clamoring for democracy for years. But Israel’s invasion stunned them into seeing just how weak, ineffective, and fragile their government is. The Palestinian Authority, with its competing militias, corrupt bosses, and nonexistent services, was tested in crisis--and it crashed.