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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (81965)	3/14/2003 9:00:08 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Asked why, for instance, the Palestinian people had put up with an anti-democrat like Arafat for 34 years - and even elected him in pretty free elections in 1996 - Eid replies: "Why Arafat? Why Saddam? Why Hafez Assad? Why King Hussein? Why Gaddafi? The answer is that this is our culture - to turn our leaders into holy figures, and to be ruled by them forever. People fear that if they show any sign of opposition to the leadership - well, we know what happens to Arab opposition movements. And I see no sign of that changing in the Arab world. I only hope that the Palestinian people learn to behave differently." Says it all, doesn't it?