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...troubles began when an Israeli man was stabbed to death by terrorists in downtown Gaza. After an Israeli truck then crashed into two carloads of Arab workers, killing four, refugees near the Jabaliya district hurled bottles and stones at military patrols, burned tires and closed down schools and shops. During the two days of rioting, soldiers killed two Arab youths...
Later in the week, Gaza's frustration ignited passions about 50 miles away in the West Bank town of Nablus. An angry crowd of nearly 3,000 in the Balata refugee camp threw stones at Israeli border police. A barrage of rubber bullets failed to stop the mob, composed largely of women and youths. The Israelis, who claimed many of the women were wielding knives or sticks, turned to tear gas and real bullets. Four protesters were killed and at least 30 wounded. Demonstrators battled troops for more than five hours. As fiery Arab protests raged through the territories...
...fact, no one wants Gaza. In its 19 years as overlord, Egypt did little but use the strip as a free port and cheap vacation spot for its soldiers. Today Cairo turns its back on Gaza by maintaining a barbed-wire border that Palestinians are not allowed to cross. Though some Gazans look to Jordan for guidance, King Hussein feels little responsibility for the territory. While West Bank Palestinians hold Jordanian passports, the nationality of Gazans is officially "undefined" on the travel documents they must obtain from Israel. Gaza has become such an afterthought that it is rarely mentioned...
Israel claims it has done more than any other occupier to improve the quality of life in Gaza. That is relatively true: cars abound, hospitals and clinics dot the landscape, even the camps have telephones and washing machines. But parts of Gaza City, the strip's largest population center, have water only twice a week in the summer, and sewage frequently floods the drinking supply. What are Israel's ultimate plans for Gaza? Admits General Eres: "That is the $64,000 question...
Increasingly, they seem to be turning to Islamic fundamentalism. More than anywhere else in the Palestinian world, Gaza is subscribing to the fanatical message of zealots like Sheik Abdul al-Aziz Odeh, allegedly the guiding light behind a local group called Islamic Jihad, and Sheik Ahmad Yasin, the spiritual leader of the Islamic movement in Gaza since 1977. "We have to start changing things by hearts," warns Yasin, 51, who has been paralyzed from the neck down since age 15. "Then by words and then the role of the hand comes." At least two of four Gazans killed...