I won't degenerate into arguing the theological issues of a Christian praying to God for someone else's death, so let's just leave it as a difference of opinion.
Arafat is no angel, but
like it or not, he has huge support amongst the Palestinian people. You can't ignore him because you don't like him. Well, you can but you shouldn't.
Rather than simply making sweeping generalizations, perhaps we can actually discuss this constructively. Your call that you hope for a moderate to replace him is a good start. Which one?
Don't tell me you're making judgements on the situation without actually knowing who is inline, their respective positions and what the potential outcomes are?!
Mr Mephisto