Exactly one week from now, Palestinians were supposed to go to the polls. Last month, however, Yasser Arafat announced that elections would be delayed indefinitely.
These are complicated times for all Palestinian leaders. Arafat, their official president, is an official pariah as far as America and Israel are concerned. Many say that elections and other reforms can’t go ahead under Israeli control of Palestinian major cities.
But others on the inside claim that there is much that can and should be done, right now. They call for leaders to restrain militant groups, rewrite the constitution, and prepare for that time — after the Israeli elections and perhaps after a war with Iraq — when peace again becomes a priority in the Middle East.
Guests:
Daoud Kuttab, director of the Institute for Modern Media at Al Quds University in Ramallah
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