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November 8, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29545-2004Nov5.html

The Arafat Enigma

(Washington Post)Robert Malley - Arafat was the creation more than the creator of Palestinian politics, the expression of an ethereal national consensus, the most fluent reader of Palestinian possibilities and limitations. His personification of the Palestinian political center of gravity was his political currency, which is why he resisted calls to crack down on the violent acts of Hamas or Islamic Jihad or compel order.

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