(Pravda - Russia) Dmitry Litvinovich - Imagine for a minute that Palestine is a large ship traveling on a stormy sea. The sailors (deputies of the Palestinian Parliament) accused senior officers of the ship (the ministers in Arafat's government) of plundering the supplies (embezzlement). The captain (Yasser Arafat) ordered barrels of wine be rolled on deck in order to appease the sailors (he decreed the presidential and parliamentary elections). All officers have left the ship, including Arafat's top aide Saeb Erekat. No one knows what Captain Arafat is going to do now or where his Palestinian ship is going to sail.
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