keywords: arafat palestinian died assassination remained
text: Obsessed with his own survival, Arafat couldn #39;t deliver his people &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; In a milieu where assassination is the normal vehicle for succession and alliances shift as rapidly as sand grains in the tidal zone, Arafat remained the premier spokesman for the Palestinian people for 35 years and died in bed at age 75.