Mr. Arafat was the dominant Palestinian figure for nearly four decades, and his legacy lives on.

There is hardly a Palestinian figure who has made clear that suicide bombing has no place in any struggle worth its name.

These figures are only slightly lower than the official Palestinian figures.

Mr. Sharon says any Palestinian figure linked to violence could be singled out by Israel.

His sole "crime" is that he is one of the few Palestinian political figures who command credibility and respect.

According to Palestinian figures, they now number about three million.

Most of those killed were minor Palestinian figures who happened to be wandering unprotected around Western Europe.

Mustafa Barghouti, a fellow Palestinian political figure, is a distant cousin.

Top Palestinian figures gathered in the West Bank to show that the leadership was still functioning.

Although Palestinians do not seem to watch the show in significant numbers, at least one prominent Palestinian figure has been tuning in.