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Fri 07 Jul 2007Arafat's legacy of lawlessnessMIDDLE EAST:Palestinian leaders must break with the past and impose law and order, writes Michael Jansen.Salam Fayyad, premier in the Palestinian emergency government, and Ismail Haniyeh, his counterpart in the dismissed unity coalition, have pledged to impose law and order in the West Bank and Gaza, but both face formidable obstacles.