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Desk AMMAN, Jordan, July 8 (UPI)
-- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is expected to step down in the coming weeks
through an agreement between the United States, Israel and certain Palestinian
and Arab parties, a Jordanian magazine said Monday. The opposition periodical,
Al-Majd, which is considered close to Syria, quoted unidentified high-ranking
Palestinian sources as saying the president of the Palestinian Legislative
Council, Ahmad Qurai, known as Abu Alaa, is Arafat's most likely successor. They said Abu Alaa has the
upper hand over another favored candidate, Mahmud Abbas, who goes by the name of
Abu Mazen and is secretary-general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine
Liberation Organization, The sources said Arafat was
almost acquiescent about stepping down willingly after being briefed about a
U.S. and Israeli request to replace him as a condition for restarting peace
negotiations and the creation of an independent Palestinian state. They said Arafat was granted
a last chance to think about the best way to step down, and that if he did so,
he would most likely choose to retire to a home in territories under the control
of the Palestinian Authority, rather than go into exile in Egypt, Jordan or
Tunisia. The reports about Arafat's
projected departure coincided with denials by Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt
that they were involved in contacts aimed at ousting him. END
This was emailed to me by one of my readers. If this is true it is a huge turn of events and really shakes up the situation in the Middle East. Although, this is not to say that now that Arafat is out of the way maybe peace can proceed. Any peace agreement that takes place will be just a stepping stone to destroying Israel in the long run. But we know that God has other plans. Besides, who's to say that the next leader will be any less corrupt or agreeable. We will just have to wait and see what the next development is in this seemingly long process. Pastor Malone
Published 7/8/2002 12:18
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