Ten years after Arafat, peace deal remains elusive

When he died, Yasser Arafat, arguably still the most recognizable face of the Palestinian cause, had been largely dismissed by the United States as an obstacle to peace after walking away from a deal with Israel.

Yet 10 years on and despite an intensive diplomatic drive, an end to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains as elusive as ever.

"The reality with Arafat, (is that) you couldn't do the deal with him and obviously you couldn't do the deal without him. And that is the key paradox," said Aaron David Miller, a former adviser to six US secretaries of state.