When will Arafat be switched off? I guessed it wouldn't be on the Moslim or the Jewish sabbaths so that ruled out Friday and Saturday. I predict it won't be today, Sunday, either - at least, not before sundown, in order not to blight the Christians' holy day. My guess is that his 'life support' machine will be turned off after sunset on Monday or in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Then he can be buried, true to Muslim tradition, before sunset the same day.
The timing of his death will be remarkably convenient. We've avoided November 3rd - the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration which promised a Jewish homeland in Palestine and November 5th - anniversary of Rabin's assassination. And it's relatively quiet in the West Bank and Gaza at the moment due to Ramadan which ends next week.
I suppose, considering his life, it's not a bad way for him to go...
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