Arafat On the Brink

Agence France Presse reports that Yasr Arafat is in a coma and in critical condition. He has been in a Paris hospital for over a week, and if he dies it could be the biggest development in the Israel/Palestine situation since Rabin's assassination or the signing of the Oslo Accords.

Update(3pm): Arafat is brain-dead, reports AFP and other sources. He's on life support for the time being, and somebody will have to decide soon when to pull the plug and let him go.