On LI, Arafat leaves a mixed legacy
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As members of Long Island&#39;s tiny Palestinian community absorbed the news of the death of Yasser Arafat Thursday, many spoke reverently of a man who had given the disposessed Palestinian people a voice.
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In a recent interview with foreign reporters, Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat was asked who would succeed him in the case of his demise.
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As Palestinians prepared to bury the man who for nearly 40 years personified their elusive dream for a homeland, many displayed conflicting emotions over a leader they loved and revered for what he represented, but faulted for the failures he bequeathed them.
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Ironically, as he was dying, world leaders and the media were rediscovering the importance of Arafatâs leadership. The sustained media coverage of him focused world attention on the Palestinian Question once again.
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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.
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Yasser Arafat remained in a critical  condition as uncertainty mounted over who might succeed him and  where he might be buried should he die.
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Assessments of the impact of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death are as divided as earlier explanations of the Palestinian leader&#39;s motivations, intentions, and actions.
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YASSER Arafatâs death is a development of monumental dimensions. The void it has left in one of the worldâs most disturbed and disturbing regions would be hard to fill, but filled it has to be.
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The death of Yasser Arafat is being mourned across a region which has historically supported his struggle.
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As Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat lay in a Paris hospital Friday, rumors about his condition were nearly as thick as the rich Arab coffee that has fueled many a debate about his life and legacy.
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Our position is: Yasser Arafat was a pioneer of terrorism whose legacy is an unstable and dangerous Middle East. Yasser Arafat, who died Wednesday in a hospital near Paris at age 75, was for decades an instigator and innovator of terrorism.
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PALESTINIAN leader Yasser Arafat exited the world stage the same way he entered it more than three decades ago: as a deeply divisive symbol of the Palestinian cause.
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Yasser Arafat was as unpredictable in death as he was in life. The longtime leader of the Palestinians lingered for days, with the world unsure of the severity of his medical condition.
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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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FOR ALMOST a half century, the name Yasser Arafat was synonymous with Palestinian nationalism. Even as his global influence wanes, and his physical health deteriorates, Arafat provides a reed of continuity
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PALESTINIAN leaders stepping into the power vacuum left by the death of Yasser Arafat face one of the most daunting challenges in their people&#39;s troubled history.
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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.