PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) leader Yasser Arafat continues trying to lead Palestine to freedom, erring on the side of non-violent resistance to the Israeli troops. When Arafat calls for a ceasefire, it’s Marwan Barghouti, head of Fatah in the West Bank's job to convince the gunmen to put away their weapons. But it seems that his support for Arafat’s rhetoric is clearly conditional. "We must give the priority now to the struggle against Israeli occupation" claims Barghouti. "The negotiations cannot succeed without resistance and intifada on the ground" Publicly, of course, Arafat condemns this. "We are completely committed to the peace of the brave, I am doing 100 percent effort. But no-one can give 100 percent results" Other Fatah leaders feel that if Arafat wants to keep his position as the symbolic leader of the Palestinians, he must choose the path of struggle against occupation. "If he goes back to negotiations, he’ll lose his popularity." Has the patience of the Palestinians simply run out?

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