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After Arafat
The death of their leader brings a moment of truth for the Palestinians -- the great challenge of averting deeper chaos, and a chance to step toward lasting peace.

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By Mark Follman

Nov. 11, 2004 |

The Arafat era is over. The man who won the Nobel Peace Prize but never an enduring peace for his people died in a Paris hospital early Thursday. Now, with the 75-year-old head of the Palestinian Authority gone, Palestinians, Israelis and world leaders are preparing for a watershed transition of Palestinian leadership.

For days to come there will be much contentious debate over Yasser Arafat's legacy -- a heroic lifelong revolutionary leader to many; a deeply corrupt dictator and terror kingpin to many others. His death, though anticipated days in advance, leaves leaders on both sides of the volatile Israeli-Palestinian conflict facing an unprecedented and urgent set of questions.

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