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Article: Don't envy Abu Mazen

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Headline: Don't envy Abu Mazen Byline: URI AVNERY Edition; Daily Section: Opinion Page: 06

Sunday, May 4, 2003 -- My first impression of Abu Mazen was of a serious, methodical, somewhat aloof introvert. He reminded me of a high-school principal, very different from Arafat, the impulsive extrovert, prone to personal gestures, exuding warmth to all around him.

I met Abu Mazen for the first time some 28 years ago. We were secretly in Tunis to meet Arafat. There were three of us: Matti Peled, a general in the reserves, Ya'acov Arnon, a former director general of the Treasury and I. We met Abu Mazen first to prepare practical proposals for joint actions, to be put before ...

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