Many senior PA officials have decided that their own children's future looks brighter outside the "homeland." Itim News Agency reports that many PA leaders send their children to study abroad, and even arrange places of work for them in large companies.



Hassan Asfour, for instance, sent his two daughters to Alexandria University in Egypt today. Saeb Erekat's two daughters will study next year in Amman, and Hanan Ashrawi's daughters have been studying for a number of years in the United States. Yasser Abed Rabbo's sons study in Paris, and Toufik Tirawi's son will begin work next year in a large engineering company in Great Britain.



A light plane piloted by National Union MK Eliezer "Cheetah" Cohen dropped newspapers and fliers in Arabic over Arab-populated villages between Jenin in the Shomron and the Israeli-Arab city of Um el-Fahm today. The literature contained articles detailing the corruption of Palestinian Authority leaders. National Union activists distributed the same material at the Bethlehem Checkpoint, but were prevented from doing so by IDF soldiers at the Erez Checkpoint in Gaza.