  urlLink New York Times : "Yasir Arafat the politician has had a rough 10 days. Gunmen turned their weapons on his security forces in the Gaza Strip, his prime minister submitted his resignation, and his parliament sent him a rare rebuke. But Yasir Arafat the icon appears to have suffered only minor scratches. " The problem I see with Arafat is that he cannot control the terror groups that bomb in the name of Palestine. Until he can rein in those psychopaths, he is nothing more than a figurehead, with little or nothing to offer at the peace bargaining table. 
