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The Future Would Look Brighter Without Arafat


(Newsday) James Klurfeld - The coffee-break conversations at the Saban Center inaugural symposium at Brookings tended to be about Arafat's future or, more accurately, that many experts don't believe he has a future. Even if Arafat were re-elected president of the Palestinian Authority, a new government structure based on a parliamentary system could make the key player the new prime minister while the president would be essentially a figurehead. A precedent for this type of arrangement is Israel. The prime minister is selected by the majority party and is the head of government. The president of Israel is the head of state, a largely ceremonial office.
2002-07-19 00:00:00
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