Can Arafat be an effective leader and lead the Palestinians to peace?

It's almost impossible to think of anybody else because he's been their leader for so long. My answer would be that I wouldn't put anything past this guy because he's done so much and he's evolved so much-he's such an amazing, amazing figure. I don't think there's anything inherent about him that will prevent peace.

But of course, it's the forces surrounding him and his constituencies. There are a lot of Palestinian elites who are much more anti-Israel right now than Arafat is. Would we be closer to peace in the Middle East if Rabin had not been assassinated?

No. Barak is from the same party as Rabin was. Barak is within the Israeli political spectrum considered to be "dove-like" compared to many Israeli politicians.

In fact when he won the election last year, people were dancing in the streets thinking this will bring peace because the previous prime minister, Netanyahu, was really no friend of the peace process. In fact, I would argue that ... more.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.