It was probably time for Arafat to go. He had got the Palestinians to Oslo, but stalled out there. He walked away from a deal with Barak in 2000, and the result has been 4 years of violence. The U.S. tried to marginalize him, but could not remove him. The Palestinians would never have voted him out of office.
This is a golden opportunity to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. If the U.S. uses its leverage with Israel, we could make it happen.
Of course, there are some Palestinians who are still opposed to the existence of Israel.
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I'm hoping something good comes out of this, but much depends on whether a moderate Palestinian can lead the people. Arafat did much to poison the well. In the meantime I think Sharon should press on with the fence and work on pulling the settlements out of Gaza.
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