The PA and its president have lost the support of the Palestinian people. How long can support from Israel, which they must seem to reject, sustain them?
IN SEPTEMBER 1993, Yasser Arafat, then head of the PLO, agreed to a new division of the West Bank. He is seen here shaking hands with then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin at the White House ceremony, as then-US president Bill Clinton looks on.(photo credit: GARY HERSHORN/REUTERS)ByNEVILLE TELLER