After Arafat: who could replace him?

[Englander]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1337453,00.html
Chris McGreal in Jerusalem
Thursday October 28, 2004
The Guardian


>>Yasser Arafat's sudden health crisis has again raised the question, in Palestinian circles as in the wider world, of who ultimately will replace the 75-year-old president - and whether the succession will be smooth or volatile.

>>His successor could come from one of the new generation of politicians, either the younger Palestinians who came to the West Bank and Gaza with him from exile in Tunis 10 years ago, or the generation that was brought up in the West Bank and Gaza and led the first intifada in 1987 and participated or led the second one that began in September 2000.

>>The successor could be a figure such as the existing prime minister or finance minister, or one of the warlords, such as Jibril Rajoub or Mohammed Dahlan, or Marwan Barghouti, at present in jail in Israel.

Profiles;
Jibril Rajoub;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1881756.stm

Mohammed Dahlan;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2068270.stm

Marwan Barghouti;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2001/israel_and_the_palestinians/profiles/1473585.stm