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To: zonder who wrote (5295)	3/23/2003 8:16:41 AM
From: E. T.	Read Replies (1) of 15987

Many Fatah leaders including Abu Mazen, parliament speaker Abu Ala, security chiefs Muhammad Dahlan and Jibril Rajoub as well as relatively moderate independents have come to the conclusion that Arafat is leading them to disaster. Unable to win and unwilling to end his war on Israel, he cannot provide either an end to the Israeli "occupation" or an independent state. Continuing the current battle is destroying all the material gains Palestinians made in the last decade. ... By pursuing this strategy and not reining in the Islamist groups, Arafat is jeopardizing, more than at any other time in 40 years, the hegemony of Fatah. Arafat is essentially following the same tactical approach as Hamas and Islamic Jihad, seeking victory through "military means" unbridled terrorism. By glorifying revolution and armed struggle at this point in history, Arafat is giving those groups credible appearance as the proper Palestinian leadership. He has encouraged close Fatah-Hamas cooperation, and when the Islamists have ignored the Palestinian Authority or even murdered Fatah officials, Arafat has done nothing. This is incredibly irresponsible, even by Arafat's usual standards. jpost.com

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