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June 10, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1086750591546&p=1078397702269

Ramallah Businessmen Call for Law and Order

(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - Ramallah businessmen and shopkeepers who initiated a meeting with Palestinian officials Wednesday complained that the PA is not doing enough to enforce law and order. The meeting was organized following a rampage in which armed gangsters shot and killed two young men in Ramallah, destroyed shops, and forced merchants to shutter their businesses. Sakher Habash, a top Fatah official and aide to Arafat, noted that because of the absence of a proper police force, many businessmen and banks are being forced to pay extortion money to armed groups in return for protection. Saleh Rafat, secretary-general of the Palestinian Democratic Union Party, said members of the PA security forces and Fatah activists are mainly responsible for the anarchy and lawlessness.

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