Qassem,the first man to officially declare his desire to succeed Yasser Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority is a die-hard Missouri Tigers basketball fan who does not condemn suicide bombing attacks on Israeli civilians.

• 第一个公开宣称想要接替阿拉法特担任巴勒斯坦国总统的卡西姆，是一名密苏里“老虎队”的铁杆篮球迷，这个人对向以色列平民实施的自杀性炸弹袭击并不抱谴责态度。