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The Rumors about Palestinian Democracy Were Premature


(Ha'aretz) Danny Rubinstein - The caricaturist at Al-Hayat al-Jedida, the official newspaper of the Palestinian Authority, drew Arafat's government as the Twin Towers in New York and the Palestinian parliament as a large commercial airliner crashing into the towers. Yet no one really doubts that Arafat will succeed in persuading, tempting, and buying off political hacks and activists to approve a new Palestinian cabinet in two weeks. As much as there is anger among the leadership over his method of ruling, there is no one in the leading Palestinian echelons who is seeking to replace Arafat.
2002-09-18 00:00:00
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