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...rule crippled the development of potential successors and institutions that could provide stability after him. Now his death leaves a vacuum that could be filled by hard-line nationalists, warlords and terrorists. The dozen-plus security organs that Arafat set up have fought one another for dominance. In Gaza, a policy of armed resistance and generous social services has made Hamas the power to be reckoned with, whether or not it participates in elections. Some West Bank cities, cut off from central authority, have degenerated into separate fiefs...
...Though locked up in an Israeli prison, Marwan Barghouti, 44, leader of Fatah in the West Bank, is the most popular figure there after Arafat. His word from the cell block could help or hurt new leaders. Another rising star, Mohammed Dahlan, 43, former head of preventive security in Gaza, has street cred, the loyalty of members of the Palestinian Authority's influential security services and close relations with...
...terms. And the Prime Minister, says an aide to Sharon, does not anticipate a burst of pressure from the Bush Administration to change course now. He took Bush's comments last week as a green light to continue his plan to withdraw Israeli settlers from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank unilaterally rather than enter into new negotiations with the Palestinians. "The Palestinian Authority doesn't become an automatic partner," says the aide, "just because it's conducting elections...
INTIFADEH Following a year of riots by Palestinians against Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, Arafat renounces terrorism and calls for negotiations with Israel...
STATESMAN Arafat returns to Gaza after a 25-year absence. In December he is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize...