Correspondent Haggai Huberman notes that public sentiment in the PA is not positive: \"The construction of the wall [between Samaria and pre-\'67 Israel] scares them, as it signifies their permanent separation from us, and the closing off of their opportunities for work on our side... This is causing them unrest, together with their general dissatisfaction with the PA from the ongoing warfare which has brought them no concrete gains...\"
Despite this, Fatah was able to bring out thousands of people in Gaza to demonstrate in favor of Arafat today. Calling out, \"More attacks, more explosives belts,\" some of the protestors said that those who recommend Arafat\'s ouster should be killed.
Further south, hundreds of Hamas demonstrators clashed with PA para-military policemen in Rafiach this afternoon. As opposed to Monday\'s demonstration in which PA Arabs demanded \"bread and work,\" today they demanded the right to kill a fellow Arab locked up in the police station, on charges that he cooperated with Israel. They also wanted to free several of their arrested colleagues from the PA prison. Five protestors and one policeman were injured in the clash.
Despite this, Fatah was able to bring out thousands of people in Gaza to demonstrate in favor of Arafat today. Calling out, \"More attacks, more explosives belts,\" some of the protestors said that those who recommend Arafat\'s ouster should be killed.
Further south, hundreds of Hamas demonstrators clashed with PA para-military policemen in Rafiach this afternoon. As opposed to Monday\'s demonstration in which PA Arabs demanded \"bread and work,\" today they demanded the right to kill a fellow Arab locked up in the police station, on charges that he cooperated with Israel. They also wanted to free several of their arrested colleagues from the PA prison. Five protestors and one policeman were injured in the clash.