Straight From the Horses Mouth Quote:
The information from sources close to Arafat could not immediately be confirmed.
"He is dead," one of the sources close to Arafat said in Paris, where Arafat has been lying in a coma at a French hospital. Officials in the West Bank said they had not been informed that Arafat was dead. |
I'm still not sure what the French government and other sources might say in response to this, but I figured that Arafat's days were numbered after he moved to Paris. The problem that worries me, is the Arab culture mentatlity, that is coming to power through violent (usually) means. I think that the void Arafat will create has the potential to escalate the conflict in Israel, most likely because of different groups determined to show their superiority.