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October 30, 2002       Share:    

Source: http://www.christiansciencemonitor.com/2002/1030/p07s02-wome.html

Palestinian Reformers on the Run as Arafat Rallies

(Christian Science Monitor) - A serious in-house challenge against Arafat's autocratic ruling style fizzled in advance of Tuesday's voting on his new cabinet. American calls for Arafat's ouster helped make the reformers vulnerable to the accusation that their campaign helps the enemies of the Palestinians. Ali Jarbawi, a political scientist at Bir Zeit University, believes that Arafat has gained some time, but little else: "He has postponed the internal crisis over reform, not solved it." Arafat's new cabinet bears a close resemblance to the previous one that the reformers brought down last month.

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