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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28797-2002Jul18.html
We Shouldn't Make Arafat the Issue
(Washington Post) Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) - America cannot afford to stand by and allow the next generation of Arabs and Muslims to grow up hating us. Nor can Israel. Young Palestinians need to see their future in a peaceful, fully functioning state with economic opportunities and democratic institutions. If we are serious about reform in the Palestinian Authority, then we must allow the Palestinians and the Arabs to deal with Arafat. Credible alternative Palestinian leadership will not step forward in response to a perceived American-Israeli demand for Arafat's removal. Change must come from within.