Edition #51-11/2004
November 16 , 2004

Dear Friend,

There have been a surfeit of editorials surrounding Arafat's death. For example, on Friday, November 12 alone, there were 32 editorials from my usual newspaper sources. On that day a number of newspapers had three distinct editorials about Arafat, and the New York Times had four! I have separated the 23 I have selected into those specifically about Arafat's life and those about the implications of his death. Within those categories, the most interesting and insightful ones are near the top.

Sincerely,

Arthur S. Obermayer

• Trudy Rubin, "Between chaos and opportunity", Philadelphia Inquirer, November 14, 2004
• Thomas L. Friedman, "The Arafat Voids", New York Times, November 14, 2004
• Jimmy Carter, "Casting a Vote for Peace", New York Times, November 12, 2004
• "Beyond Arafat on the Road to Peace", New York Times, November 12, 2004
• Steven Erlanger, "Hoping Democracy Can Replace a Palestinian Icon", New York Times, November 14, 2004
• David Makovsky, "Arafat's troubled legacy: failed leadership", Chicago Tribune, November 15, 2004
• Barry Rubin, "The battle Arafat leaves behind", Boston Globe, November 14, 2004
• David Biale, "A bipartisan opportunity in the Mideast", San Francisco Chronicle, November 14, 2004
• Thomas Oliphant, "In Mideast, Bush gets a rare third chance", Boston Globe, November 16, 2004
• Neve Gordon, "Arafat's death means Israel needs a new smoke screen", Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 12, 2004
• "An opportunity in the Mideast", Baltimore Sun, November 12, 2004
• "Arafat's bitter legacy ...", Chicago Tribune, November 12, 2004
• Eric Weiner, "Palestinians Need a Gandhi, Not a New Arafat", Los Angeles Times, November 10, 2004
• Khalil Shikaki, "What's Next?", Wall Street Journal, November 12, 2004

Arafat's Life

• Shimon Peres, "With the death of a father, Palestinians must grow up", Houston Chronicle, November 12, 2004
• Abdullah II, "The Road From Here", New York Times, November 12, 2004
• H.D.S. Greenway, "Arafat's Mixed Legacy", Boston Globe, November 12, 2004
• Robert Malley, "Behind the Camp David Myth", Los Angeles Times, November 12, 2004
• E.J. Dionne, Jr., ". . . and Lost Chances", Washington Post, November 12, 2004
• "After Arafat", Detroit Free Press, November 12, 2004
  
• James Klurfeld, "The voice of his people but never of reason", Newsday, November 11, 2004
• Trudy Rubin, "The Arafat legacy: A tale of missed opportunities", Philadelphia Inquirer, November 10, 2004
• Dennis Ross, "The Man Who Married a Cause", Los Angeles Times, November 7, 2004