(Ha'aretz) Zvi Bar'el - Arafat's isolation in Ramallah to a great extent kept the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from international, and especially Arab, involvement. Any public support Arafat got from the Arab world appeared to stem mainly from opposition to Israeli policy rather than any love for the Palestinian leader. After Palestinian officials began criticizing Arafat publicly, criticism followed in many Arab-language media outlets. Some even demanded Arafat's resignation or removal, while various surveys detailed his failings as a leader, as well as the failure of the intifada.
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