It is very quiet in Jordan (jimu, we aren\u2019t in Palestine, but Jordan, 75% of the population is Palestinian), people have been anticipating the news of his death, which calms down tempers and keeps the \u201cpassionate rage\u201d at a minimum. I think this was part of the plan in keeping him alive (as well as God\u2019s mercy to allow him another chance to repent. My mom, a hardened Planned Parenthood nurse who was responsible for many more deaths than Arafat, did come to Christ on her death bed).<\/p>\n
There is an interim leader chosen. Schools and government offices are closed, and people are distracted by the fact that Ramadan probably ends tomorrow and all the preparations keeps their emotions elsewhere. We didn\u2019t get any warnings from the US Embassy, there are no military patrols.<\/p>\n
But keep praying. Most of my Palestinian friends saw Arafat as old school and too corrupt to do much. They have been waiting for this as a chance to start new.<\/p>\n
It is very quiet in Jordan (jimu, we aren\u2019t in Palestine, but Jordan, 75% of the population is Palestinian), people have been anticipating the news of his death, which calms down tempers and keeps the \u201cpassionate rage\u201d at a minimum. I think this was part of the plan in keeping him alive (as well as God\u2019s mercy to allow him another chance to repent. My mom, a hardened Planned Parenthood nurse who was responsible for many more deaths than Arafat, did come to Christ on her death bed).<\/p>\n
There is an interim leader chosen. Schools and government offices are closed, and people are distracted by the fact that Ramadan probably ends tomorrow and all the preparations keeps their emotions elsewhere. We didn\u2019t get any warnings from the US Embassy, there are no military patrols.<\/p>\n
But keep praying. Most of my Palestinian friends saw Arafat as old school and too corrupt to do much. They have been waiting for this as a chance to start new.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The following comment was posted on WORLD\u2019s blog following his death \u2026 It is very quiet in Jordan (jimu, we aren\u2019t in Palestine, but Jordan, 75% of the population is Palestinian), people have been anticipating the news of his death, which calms down tempers and keeps the \u201cpassionate rage\u201d at a minimum. I think this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1691,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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