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The only difference is, if you don't like Sharon, you can wait around a few years and vote him out of office (Israel is a democracy by the way). As a quasi-dictator of a non-existent country, Arafat has outlasted his opponents by decades, and kneecaps anyone who dares oppose him. At least Sharon is accountable (he resigned as Defense Minister over Sabra & Shatilla, which I assume is the reason you call him a thug).

Screw it, Israel is and always will be, it's prophecy, it will be that way till end of times. What the left doesn't realize is that those willing to protect Israel are 100 times more zealous than any one who would try to diminish the rights of Israel. The voices of discontent who denegrate the leadership of Israel are irrelevant. Even Lieberaman, Mr. Left himself, would turn the sands of the Sahra to glass before letting Israel fall.

Arafat has outlasted his opponents by decades, and kneecaps anyone who dares oppose him

If they're lucky. If they're not so lucky they're beaten, lynched (or shot) and then (the corspe is) hung by the feet in the city square and eviscerated. It's not even necessary to "oppose" Arafat to receive this treatment. If you're a Palestinian businessman and don't keep up your payments to the local Tanzim/Fatah/etc thugs, or if one of the local thugs or a Palestinian Authority official decides to steal your business, you might be labeled as a "collaborator" and get the same treatment.

Palestinian "collaborators" (a couple among many dozens, maybe hundreds by this time):

This women, Ikhlas Khouli, a 53 year old mother of seven, was beaten then shot as a "collaborator," one among many women both young and old that have recieved this treatment.

Her bullet ridden body was then dumped in the street. Her eldest son provided the "evidence" against her, after he was beaten, whipped and tortured by the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a terrorist militia loyal to Terrorfat. More info here.

Please note, iamnotaradical, that this little sample is the merest tip of a great iceberg.