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...major Palestinian political parties - Fatah, Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Islamic Jihad - has maintained its own armed militias, and it is these forces that have waged the current intifada. And in the case of those aligned with his own political party - Fatah's Tanzim - Arafat has actually encouraged this development...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Palestinian Reform: A User's Guide | 5/17/2002 | See Source »

...Arafat's reasons for supporting the Tanzim are political. The aging PLO leader and his inner circle are mostly products of decades of Palestinian exile, men brought Arafat back with him from Tunisia to staff the top tier of the PA. But in the course of their 1987-1991 intifada, the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza had evolved a strong local leadership, and many of these younger men were resentful at being overlooked in favor of the Tunisians. The grassroots Fatah leaders are generally more militant than those around Arafat, fiercely critical of the corruption and authoritarianism that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Palestinian Reform: A User's Guide | 5/17/2002 | See Source »

...offensive against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank--and the Palestinian leadership's continued sanctioning of suicide attacks against innocent Israelis--has led some to wonder whether even statehood can bring a lasting peace in a place where hatred runs so deep. A Palestinian gunman from Arafat's Fatah Tanzim militia who escaped the Jenin camp tells TIME that "we are very grateful to Sharon because he made every Palestinian child, every Palestinian woman and every Palestinian man hate the Jews and hate Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Will Blink First? | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

...fate that raises questions about whether Israel's "Operation Defensive Wall" leads back to a cease-fire and negotiations. Israeli officials have made clear they're after a number of Arafat's top aides previously considered immune. Top of the wanted list is Marwan Barghouti, leader of Fatah's Tanzim militia and the Palestinian leader with the most influence over the gunmen on the streets of the West Bank. That may be exactly why Israel wants him behind bars, but the reason he's previously been left untouched by the Israelis is that it's also unlikely that any cease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quagmire in Ramallah? | 4/3/2002 | See Source »

...army's operations inside these camps are intended in part to enable soldiers to arrest bombmakers and gunmen, though the wanted men are often able to flee in time. A greater benefit of these operations, TIME has learned from senior Israeli officers, is to force the gunmen from the Tanzim, a Fatah militia, to exert their energy by defending their homes in the camps instead of by plotting attacks on Israelis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Streets Red With Blood | 3/18/2002 | See Source »

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