The PLO is an Arab mafia. Arafat was the godfather but all these cronies Abbas, Qurie, Dahlan, Rashid, Barghouti, etc were the captains. They ran the criminal enterprise and paid up to the godfather his share for being godfather. They still kept a good portion of it for themselves.
Now that the godfather is dead the captains dont have to pay up anymore. But they have to pretend that they are actually officials of some quasi government. Obviously they are criminals and don't care, nor do they know how, to run a government that can deliver the people's basic needs. They skim too much and there is too little to go around anyway.
It will be interesting to watch them try to play politics. Maybe they will try to cut a quick deal with Israel so that they can become real diplomats and carry on their corruption as real leaders of a country, but this assumes they all agree not to cooperate. They will use state funds to pay for their police/soldiers/bodyguards/extortionists. Or maybe we will see these criminals all to line up together against Hamas and Islamic Jihad and Mussa Arafat if Hamas tries to take political power and Mussa feels cut out of the deals.
I hope no Israelis are murdered anymore by these thugs.