If politics is defined as the art of compromise, Arafat was a master of it at the Palestinian and Arab levels. He managed to stay at the helm for over forty years with no serious challengers.
如果政治斗争是一门妥协的艺术，那么阿拉法特是巴勒斯坦和阿拉伯人中当之无愧的大师。四十年来他大权独揽，没有受到过任何真正严重的挑战。