What will be the fate of the Palestinian Authority?
Sharabi: We must change our Palestinian government soon or else we shall be caught in a labyrinth. The question of the sulta (PA) is crucial, yet extremely complex in the present conditions. A few days ago, here in Washington, I met three of members of the Palestinian Legislative Council. All had signed the Manifesto of the Twenty. They told me they have no influence whatsoever. They were extremely disappointed with the political parties, saying all initiatives come from the independent members of the council. As long as Arafat is around, they said, the impasse will continue, along with corruption and the absence of the rule of law. You were among the signers of a petition that led to the Conference on the Right of Return in Boston on April 8. The petition didn’t mention the Oslo Accords or the Israeli proposals for a final agreement, which disregard the refugees completely. Sharabi: The priority today should be confronting Arafat and his cronies, or in other words, developing an oppos
