Cartoonist Jeff Danziger on Arafat’s hospital stay:
Meanwhile, Arab News reports that Arafat’s cronies back in Ramallah are fighting over his fortune:
sources close to the Palestinian leadership said a bitter fight had broken over who should control the ailing leader’s fortune estimated to be between $4.2 billion and $6.5 billion.
Sources said Arafat has written a will transferring control of his assets to members of his wife’s family. Some of his aides, including former Premier Mahmoud Abbas who has stepped in as interim leader, however, believe the fortune belongs to the “beit al-mal” (public treasury), and should be transferred to the Palestinian Authority.
The Times of London also has an article on the rush for Arafat’s billions. And the Telegraph has a piece on Suha Arafat, for whom image is everything.’
