(Telegraph-UK) Toby Harnden - Arafat's call for Palestinians to "make your voice heard to the International Court of Justice and the entire world" went largely unheeded in Ramallah. Many shopkeepers ignored calls for a one-hour shutdown and most pupils let out of school to attend rallies went home instead. This reflected growing dissatisfaction with Arafat's Fatah movement and a belief that the Palestinian leaders began to mobilize against the barrier only when it was too late.
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