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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (118583)	11/5/2003 12:15:22 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

Hamas displaces Arafat As shown by Abu Mazen's sad stint as Pal PM, no one has displaced Arafat. Arafat has been in charge all along, and the intifada was his choice. The Tanzim and the Al Aqsa brigades are on his payroll. The Tanzim were formed at started getting their pay paypackets in the summer of 2000, while the Camp David talks were still going on. This isn't just an Israeli opinion. In Arafat and the Anatomy of a Revolution Prof. Yezid Sayigh surmises that Arafat, regarding the Camp David talks as a trap, and facing mounting unrest inside the PA territories, fueled by lack of results from Oslo and the PA's massive corruption, decided to "escape by running ahead", i.e creating violence, war and general confusion, which would keep all the guns pointed at the Israelis. Arafat started the intifada in September 2000. Ehud Barak was Israeli PM, and Bill Clinton was American President. Sharon became PM in February 2001. Arafat elected Sharon. When one side starts a war, it won't be at all unusual to see the other side elect a war leader in response.