Arafat storm warning.

From: The Boston Herald | Date: December 4, 1999 | Copyright information

If he's behaving this badly now, imagine how Yasser Arafat will act as the head of a Palestinian state. The wounding of an Arab physician on the West Bank this week is a storm warning.

Earlier in the week, a group of Palestinians signed an anti-Arafat petition. No, they weren't Hamas members condemning him for negotiating with Israel, but distinguished academics and politicians, including members of his own Fatah party, charging his administration with corruption and tyr...

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