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About time. Anyone else got this horrible feeling in the pit of their stomach that he'll get replaced with someone worse?
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He may well be, despite his origins, and some would say current status as a terrorist, he has tried to bring peace to the region without losing his stated goal of a palestinian state.
Many of those who would replace him are openly supporting the ongoing terror campaign, and some are even saying that they feel it is not enough.
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Anyone else think it is distasteful that Yahoo reacts to his death in the same way as if a president dies?
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Why ? - He is the president of his people, and he has done much in his life, both good and bad.
To his people he is a hero, a man who has tried to build an independant life for palestinians , and free them from the oppression of the Israelis.
To the Israelis he is the leader of a terrorist nation, and responsible for the death of many of their people.
To the rest of the world he is somewhere in-between.
He has been an open supporter of terrorism, and yet has won the nobel peace prize for his attempts to resolve the Palestine/Israel conflict.
he has been both negotiator and murderer, and most people would do well to remember both sides.
I cannot say I will mourn his loss, other than as the loss of another human. And yet I will not rejoice in it either.
As many are saying, this will be a turning point in the middle east. There appears to be no single leader strong enough to take his place, and the palestinian people have known no other leader for the last 40 years.
I shall wait until his legacy has been decided before I can pass judgement on his life.
If his succesor takes on the mantle of a peacefull solution and gets a Palestinian state, then his legacy is a good one, if his successor returns to the days of terror and non-negotiation, then it is a legacy of death and destruction.
This is an emotive subject, and I know that there are people on this forum with strong views on this subject. I have tried to be as unbiased as I can, so please refrain from insulting myself/each other when possible
