(Jerusalem Post) Oren Shachor - The demand to democratize the Palestinian Authority amuses Yasser Arafat. The Western world wants a different, smaller, and democratic government? No problem, one press conference will solve the problem. As long as Arafat remains the chairman of the PA, there is no chance of a substantial change. (The author, a former IDF major-general, was involved in numerous Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.)
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