^^^^arafat got the nobel because of the camp david accords, but those really didn't do anything. i mean, they opened up future peace talks between palestine and israel, but i would't have gone so far as to give the guy the fucking nobel peace prize, because arafat wanted sooooo many concessions that in the end it was all moot anyway. which was basically the same thing he did every time - whenever the two parties had FINALLY reached some sort of agreement, he would at the last minute just up and say 'whoops, wait, i want this too.' so, again, in my opinion, he did more to hinder the peace process than he did to help it.
but him dying is not going to be good for anyone in that area. the israeli government is going to have to walk VERY softly for a while until they can start getting into talks with the new palestinian leadership.
and on a side note: who's fault is this ENTIRE thing? the UN. and what are they doing to help resolve it? they're doing dick. fuck the UN.
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