Arafatâs Succession: The Transition of Power
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s death raises considerable speculation about who will ultimately succeed him as leader. On paper, the Palestinian transition of power is quite clear: the speaker of the parliament - Rawhi Fattouh - temporarily becomes president.
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THROUGH THE different stages of his life as chief of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and president of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat&#39;s one consistent principle has been to keep the reins of power wrapped tightly around
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With Arafat gravely ill, Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia and his predecessor, Mahmoud Abbas, were chosen to temporarily assume the Palestinian leader's duties.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s passing away last week lowered the curtain for his half-century efforts of Palestinian liberation, but the Middle East peace process continued and arrived at a new crossroad.
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Yasser Arafat is in a coma between life and death, a senior Palestinian official said on Friday, and some of the Palestinian president's powers have been transferred to his prime minister.
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Top Palestinian officials laid the groundwork Wednesday for the post-Arafat era, agreeing on burial and funeral plans for their gravely ill leader and dividing his powers among three members of his old guard.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafatâs rule has been a disaster for Palestinians, for Israel, and for US policy in the Middle East. The wily terrorist leader, now believed to be on his deathbed in a French hospital
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How the Palestinian leader's passing will change the Mideast landscape
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s disappearance from the scene has raised hopes that perhaps a window of opportunity to a new era has now opened.
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The history of the Middle East is at a turning point, as Yasser Arafat&#39;s health deteriorates and Israel takes steps to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
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After four decades of conflict with Israel, Yasser Arafat seems destined to spark yet another battle in the event of his death. The 75-year-old guerrilla leader- turned-Palestinian
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BBC Middle East analyst Roger Hardy assesses the Palestinian figures who may succeed to Yasser Arafat.
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From his prison cell, Marwan Barghouti, a charismatic Palestinian figure, has overturned expectations for an easy transition of leadership to replace the late Yassir Arafat.
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Q. Many say that Yasser Arafatâs death is a turning point in the Middle East. Do you see it that way? A. Arafat was a symbolic leader for the Palestinian people.
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It will be a long time before a new Palestinian leader commands the public admiration and political power that Yasser Arafat did. This power enabled him to make concessions that no previous Palestinian leader would have considered.
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The deteriorating health of Yasser Arafat, long the personification of the Palestinian struggle for statehood, could reorder the political landscape of the Middle East in two
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Without Yasser Arafat, the individual who has dominated Palestinian politics for the past 36 years, the Middle East may be entering the political equivalent of the &quot;perfect storm.