...From the viewpoint of Palestinian democracy what happened is in my view very positive. It is a victory for democratic accoutability. Since the creation of the PA in 1993, Israelis have changed their government about seven or eight times. Israeli governments were punished by the electorate for failing to deliver on peace. But throughout this period those Palestinian politicians who failed their people time and again, and on top of it were corrupt and incompetent, remained in office. Now democratic justice has been done. The puritans come into office now, along with those who reached out to the people when the inefficient PA let them down...