After Arafat: who could replace him?

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A successor would probably share the same view, but might be more inclined to take what is on offer and try to make the most of it, something Mr Arafat was reluctant to do.

It´s a curious thing how Western politicians and media can go on demanding that the next Palestinian leader should be a traitor to the people he leades. Why does these westerners demand that Palestinians should give large part of what remains of their land to greedy bastards that have stolen most of it already and then have occupied the rest for 37, spreading their colonies like cancer cells across them? Because it would the easiest solution for the Western countries - they wouldn´t have to face Israel, as everything would go as Israel wants. Luckily there is little chance of that.

Chris McGreal can give everything he owns to the state of Israel and betray his own country and his own people for Israel, but he shouldn´t be so f*cking stupid as to demand it from others. His capacities as a journalist are aptly demonstrated by the fact that the article has little to do with the question of Arafat´s successor. McGreal names Rajoub, Dahlan and Barghouti as possible successors and leaves it there.