October 28, 2004

SOMETIMES HE HANDS YOU REGIME CHANGE:

Abu Mazen to succeed Arafat: Abu Ala has promised to support him (Marwan Athamna, 10/29/04, Maariv)

Former PA premier Abu Mazen will temporarily take over Arafat’s authority while he is incapacitated, and will succeed him in the event that he does not recover from his current ailments.

Abu Ala, who replaced him as premier has agreed to support him. The two mew agreed that if necessary the Palestinian Legislative council will meet in emergency session in which all presidential authority will be passed to Abu Mazen.

Abu Mazen was appointed by Arafat as premier about a year ago under intense international pressure. He opposed Arafat’s decision to launch the current intifada, and is on record as saying the Palestinians would better serve their interests by negotiating with Israel.


Now is the moment for Ariel Sharon to rise even further above himself. He can create a Palestininian state and not have to hand it to his most loathesome foe.

Posted by Orrin Judd at October 28, 2004 4:47 PM
Comments

Go to the light, Yassir! Go to the light!!!

Posted by: G. Eugene at October 28, 2004 6:03 PM

It is beyond Sharons power to creat a state. It is within the power of the Palestinan people and no one can stop them. This has always been true. Their problem is that they let Arafat distract them from that goal.

Posted by: Robert Schwartz at October 28, 2004 7:51 PM

Robert:

He could declare it right this second.

Posted by: oj at October 28, 2004 9:58 PM

Almost has already. We're closer to 'peace' than at any time in Israel's existence. And tomorrow is likely to be better still.

Posted by: JAB at October 28, 2004 10:23 PM

From the man who ordered the Munich massacre, & the nephew of Hitler's favorite Muslim, to the
fundraiser of this operation, and the man whose
Ph;d thesis, explicitly denies and misrepresents
that truth; some improvement.

Posted by: narciso at October 28, 2004 10:40 PM

If the so-called Palestinians had chosen Gandhiesque methods, they would have had a state by 1972.

Posted by: Bart at October 29, 2004 6:34 AM

If the Palestinians had chosen Gandhiesque methods, they would've had a state in '48, alongside Israel.

That was the plan, and 'twas the Palestinians who are most to blame for a sixty-year delay.

Posted by: Michael Herdegen at October 31, 2004 5:53 AM
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