Middle Eastern dynasties Like father, like son

摘要

Omri sharon is just like his dad: big, blunt and controversial. His political emergence, first as a trusted adviser to Israel's prime minister, and lately as a backdoor conduit to Yasser Arafat, smacks to Israelis of creeping nepotism. Arabs wonder at such anxiety. With rare exceptions, their own nepotism is way past the creeping stage. The sons and other relations of rulers—whether kings, emirs or republican presidents-pack the corridors of power.