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Actually, things might go better than you think. Both Abbas and Qurei struck me as reasonably sane individuals. They both after all were appointed Prime Minister by Arafat and they both quit in frustration when Arafat tried to use them for marionettes. I may be going out on a limb here but I think the mature inner circle is royally sick of this past decade of thuggery and corruption and the horrific perversion of an entire generation of their "people" and would probably like to be remembered as having imposed something resembling a decent government after this past decade of destruction.

They may take a few weeks working up the courage but you'll
know the Age of Arafat is really over when they quietly request help in rounding up Arafat's embezzled millions and getting ahold of his little black book (there really is one). The best Arafat can do now is linger on for a few months as his flunkeys quietly desert him and his portraits come down. If so, by the time he does croak be prepared to be amazed at the lack of histrionics. If the PA council does act in good faith, expect whole brigades of terrorists and bully boys to find themselves without the funds to continue the struggle.

I forget who said it but wars often end when both sides are just to exhausted to continue. I'll bet a ten-spot that the Palis are a lot more exhausted than they've been letting on.

Both Abbas and Qurei are Terrorists who are just wolves in sheeps clothing. They BOTH have the Blood of Americans and Israelis on their hands!!!

No matter who is the leader of the fictious Palestinian people they will always be committed to destroying Israel. We should not force Israel to go on the whole merry go round of appeasement negotiations once again.

Thanks for the ping. I don't know much about Qurei, but Abbas HAS been said to be 'somewhat' reasonable and sane. I pray that you are right and that your analysis is spot on. Even if the PA gets their act together, Hamas & Hezbollah will try to thwart the peace and Iran will have to be 'liberated' from the mullahs before peace can be found at all, in that part of the world. (I know, I am a pessimist). Just my quick two cents. Again,thanks for the ping(I am a newbie and have been 'picked on')

Palestinians need a real leader, not some crazy power hungry moron, Yasser Arafat. He has done nothing bu harm Israelis and Palestinians. Palestinians are oppressed at the hands of Yasser Arafat and the PA. I read stories of how Palestinians are often arrested against their will, beaten, tortured, and murdered at the hands of Yasser Arafat's PA. The Arab world turns a blind eye on the Palestinians.

Both Abbas and Qurei struck me as reasonably sane individuals.

Since you've mentioned it... they'll all be fighting it out soon enough. And none of them are interested in peaceful coexistence. Arafat's (soon to be) widow will fight tooth and nail to retain the cash, and since she spends most of it in France, she'll be able to count on French support.

The real risk for Israel is that, with Arafat dead, none of the other criminal gangsters of the PLO have the notoreity, and the more resourceful ones will be courting world opinion and shopping for support, particularly in the EU.

George W. Bush will win reelection by a margin of at least ten per cent