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...Arafat's dilemma is, in many ways, of his own making. And the Palestinians, who will at some point in the not-too-distant future have to choose his successor, may want to pay close attention to Arafat's mistakes - and, perhaps, to Mandela's example...
...issue is not being directly raised right now, and the successor issue is always linked with the state of the Palestinian relationship with Israel - whether the emphasis is on negotiations or confrontation. So Israel is a factor in deciding who is going to replace Arafat...
...Faisal Husseini's name had been mentioned more than once as a possible successor to Arafat. As a Jerusalemite, a product of a family with a history of struggle, and as a clean person. He had also been a bridge between Palestinians on the West Bank and the exiled PLO in Tunis, because he served for a long time on the central committee of Fatah and regularly traveled to Tunis to consult with the leadership there. At the same time, in the eyes of those on the West Bank, he was not an outsider; he knew what he was talking...
...Like wavy-haired, bold-talking Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who revels in being nicknamed "weirdo," Tanaka got power by talking Big and talking New. Last September, six weeks before the prefecture's gubernatorial election, the newspaper diarist and award-winning novelist announced he was taking on the hand-picked successor of the Liberal Democratic Party stalwart who had held the office captive for two decades. He ran a campaign of outrage against waste, fraud, the status quo, and the ldp's fruitless effort to end Japan's 10-year-long economic slump. The message was just right, and if nothing...
...said he would tell his successor to “cherish?...