(USA Today) - If Arafat is hoping to force the U.S. and Israel to deal with him again, he is miscalculating, says former U.S. diplomat Edward Abington (who now advises the Palestinians) and other Middle East experts. Instead, Arafat's behavior is strengthening Israeli desire to get rid of him, one way or the other, and encouraging the Bush administration to step back from the scene and give Israel a green light to pursue a stepped-up campaign against Palestinian militants.
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