Miss 1/2 a Day, and Arafat Dies

Would you look at that? The old man is dead.

Hard to believe, really. I thought he was just a wee bit immortal... like Castro or the pope.

But no, he's shuffled off this mortal coil, so what do you think this means for Israeli/Palestinian relations? My goodness, I'm the wrong person to ask. But my opinion is, first of all, kind of hard to tell since he hasn't really been part of the "relations" thing in a while (being at death's door and all).

I don't know though. I was kind of hoping the Israelis would take this as an opportunity to show their goodwill and all that, but not so much, judging from the fact that they won't let him be buried in Jeruselum; the reason being? Well, apparently they all think he was a big big terrorist. So no Jeruselum burial, and the funeral itself was a complete fiasco, with this happy little quote resonanting through the crowds, "Our blood, our souls, we sacrifice for you, Yasser Arafat." Awesome, thanks guys.

So when I first started writing this, I was going to say that I thought maybe things would improve now that Arafat has shaken hands with the Grim Reaper. But now that I'm finishing it up?

Yea, not so much.