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The "Oslo agreement was
like a barter trade to enrich a
number of corrupt people in
the Palestinian Authority," they
wrote.
The leaflet reflected a grow-
in
ing readiness among political
figures to challenge Arafat's
leadership. But, perhaps more
importantly, it reflected a wide-
spread feeling of despair.
"Under Arafat's personal
rule, there is no possibility of
bringing about democratic
reform," said Palestinian
political analyst Khaled
Amyreh. "The Palestinians
should therefore forget about
democracy under Arafat and
start preparing for the post-
Arafat era," he added.
Within hours of the leaflet's
Nov. 27 publication, the
Thousands of pro-Arafat demonstrators marched
Palestinian street witnessed a
Dec.
1 in Ramallah.
series of pro- and anti-Arafat
rallies. One demonstration ini-
tially planned to demand the release of that the PLO maintains about $8 bil-
lion in numbered bank accounts in
prisoners from Israeli jails sponta-
Zurich, Geneva and New York.
neously turned into an anti-Arafat
There is nothing new to the charges
protest.
of
corruption within the Palestinian
The Palestinian legislative council
Authority.
convened to discuss the leaflet, and
Two years ago, the authority's
after a particularly stormy four-hour
comptroller
published a detailed
session decided not to lift the parlia-
account
on
corruption
and inefficien-
For An
mentary immunity of those legislators
cy
within
the
self-rule
government.
who signed the anti-Arafat manifesto.
Affair To Remember
Along with charging Palestinian offi-
But at the same time, the legislators
cials with mismanaging millions of
agreed to condemn the leaflet.
dollars, the comptroller pointed to the
The appearance of the leaflet, and
extravagant lifestyles of some
the subsequent arrests, could well have
Palestinian leaders that contrasted dra-
more repercussions in the coming days.
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On Sunday, five of the Palestinian
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population
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intellectuals who were jailed for sign-
Arafat
promised
at the time that he
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ing the leaflet announced they would
would
take
the
necessary
measures to
hold a hunger strike to protest their
put
an
end
to
corruption
— but no
imprisonment.
progress
was
made.
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importance of recent events.
articles
were detained for interrogation.
Palestinian Cabinet minister Ziad
Instead
of the promised reforms,
Abu Ziad said of the shooting inci-
political suppression continued.
I dent, "It was nothing really, just a
Meanwhile, Hamas and other
minor wound. "I met Dr. al-Masri
opposition parties are seeing an oppor-
afterward,
we
had
dinner
together
and
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everything was OK."
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leaflet's publication.
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leader soon had new troubles.
the
country
from discord," Hamas
Unidentified dissidents who over
founder
Sheik
Ahmed Yassin said,
the weekend hacked into the comput-
adding
that
Arafat
should do more to
er system of PLO headquarters in
fight
corruption
and
to respect "plu-
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subsequently
charged
that
I love my
ralism
and
the
freedom
of speech."
Arafat has concealed billions of dollars
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When you're disabled, or just not able to move around
in secret foreign bank accounts and
as freely as you once could, stairs can be a real prob-
at
that.
On
Saturday,
they
sponsored an
and down the
investments.
lem. But there is a simple answer. The powered stairway
stairs with the
anti-Arafat
rally
in
Nablus
that drew
lift. Easily installed to fit curved or straight stairs. They
The London Telegraph reported
push of a but-
some
1,500
demonstrators.
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