Fred efter Arafat?

Fredspristagaren Arafat är död. Kan det bli fred nu? James Taranto på OpinionJournals Best of the Web Today skriver:

Yasser Arafat won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1994, and it appears he has finally done something to promote peace: He stopped breathing. The Jerusalem Post reports that Arafat’s death ”has left most Palestinians optimistic regarding the future and opposed to the continuation of terror attacks on Israel, according to a public opinion poll published Wednesday by the Jerusalem Media and Communication Center”.