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...street is the source of all Arafat's strength. From Day One, he ensured that the intifadeh was run by the Tanzim, his Fatah organization's street militia. Controlling the street is no easy proposition. Prior to his hero's return from Camp David, impatience with the peace process was mounting. So were gripes about corruption, cronyism, press curbs and human-rights abuses in Arafat's Palestinian Authority. The discontent with his rule is still there, as thick as the tear gas and the smoke. During the second week of the intifadeh in Gaza, a mob broke away from...
...calm the conflict now, it remains unclear to what extent they're able to control the situation. On the Palestinian side, Arafat's authority is increasingly challenged not only by the Islamist radicals of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, but also by the rank and file of his own Fatah organization, whose militia have led the street confrontations with Israeli forces for the past two months. Barak, too, has to deal with some very angry generals and even angrier Israeli settlers in the West Bank and Gaza, and there remains vast potential for violence to consume the situation despite the best...
...although three different groups claimed responsibility, the blast follows a pattern of similar attacks in the area by the Islamic Jihad, an Islamist faction opposed to the peace process. But despite denials on the Palestinian side, Israel blamed the attack on the "Tanzim" militia of Yasser Arafat?s Fatah organization, and began blasting Fatah targets from helicopter gunships Monday night...
...fire without appearing to gain much in return was always going to test Arafat's political authority even among his own supporters, and not only the opposition Hamas and Islamic Jihad factions which have openly challenged Arafat's leadership but even the rank-and-file militiamen of his own Fatah organization have vowed to defy his cease-fire call. High-profile terror attacks have until now been the Islamists most effective weapon against any moves toward peace; they're not unpopular on the Palestinian street, and the rage they generate in Israel creates irresistible political pressure on the Israeli leadership...
...whether he'll be able to douse the fires of revenge. The Palestinian leader's cease-fire efforts over the past three weeks have been openly defied, not only by the Islamist militants of Hamas and Islamic Jihad but also by the rank-and-file militiamen of his own Fatah organization. Fatah had called for a mass uprising beginning Wednesday to drive Israeli troops and settlers out of the West Bank and Gaza...