阿拉法特管理着一群混乱不堪的竞争对手，这不仅威胁到其它潜在领袖的地位，也确保了一切权力（和资金）都由阿拉法特本人亲自管理。
Arafat presided over a sort of anarchy, encouraging rivalries, undermining other potential leaders, and ensuring that all authority (and money) ran through his hands.