A New Beginning? ; Arafat's Death Guarantees Nothing

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Amid the public tussle over whether Yasser Arafat was more sinner than saint is a strong undercurrent of hope. With the leader the Israelis decided they could not and would not deal with out of the picture, is there a chance to redeem the promise of Oslo with steps toward peace? Should the United States become more closely involved in trying to bring the two parties together?

As strong as is the human impulse to want to keep hope alive, the answer to both questions appears to be no.

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A New Beginning? ; Arafat's Death Guarantees Nothing

Virtually every authority on Palestinian politics to whom we have talked in the last couple of weeks believes the struggle for succession will be bitter, and the leader or leaders who emerge are likely to be at least as hard-line as Arafat had been, perhaps...

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