PA Communications Chief Imad Falouji told a PLO rally in South Lebanon on Friday that the recent Intifada had nothing to do with the Sharon\'s walk on the Temple Mount. The disturbances were planned after the peace talks failed in July, according to Falouji.
\"It [the uprising] had been planned since Arafat\'s return from Camp David, when he turned the tables on the former US president and rejected the American conditions,\" Falouji said. Falougi told the roaring crowd of supporters that the PLO is now reorganizing to escalate the violence against Israel. \"We are going back to the \'60s, \'70s, and \'80s. The Fatah Hawks, the Kassam Brigades, the Red Eagle, and all the military action groups are returning to work.\"
PA officials rejected Falouji\'s statement and said he did not represent the PA\'s official line, and reiterated that it was Ariel Sharon\'s visit to the Temple Mount that set off the violence. They said that Palestinian security officials had warned Israeli negotiators against the visit.
\"It [the uprising] had been planned since Arafat\'s return from Camp David, when he turned the tables on the former US president and rejected the American conditions,\" Falouji said. Falougi told the roaring crowd of supporters that the PLO is now reorganizing to escalate the violence against Israel. \"We are going back to the \'60s, \'70s, and \'80s. The Fatah Hawks, the Kassam Brigades, the Red Eagle, and all the military action groups are returning to work.\"
PA officials rejected Falouji\'s statement and said he did not represent the PA\'s official line, and reiterated that it was Ariel Sharon\'s visit to the Temple Mount that set off the violence. They said that Palestinian security officials had warned Israeli negotiators against the visit.