(28 Nov 1994) STORY: PALESTINIANS
LOCATION: VARIOUS
DATE: 26 NOVEMBER 1994
DURATION: 1.42
Hamas marches en-masse; Lebanese camp still tense
Thousands of HAMAS supporters gathered in Gaza on Saturday (26/11)
eight days after clashes between the group and Palestinian police
killed up to 16 people. The fundamentalist Islamic movement
appeared to have marshalled up to 40,000 followers onto the
streets, easily dwarfing the 10,000 who had turned out to support
Arafat’s PLO a few days earlier. Palestinian police were not in
evidence at the Hamas rally, held as a memorial service for slain
activist Imad Akel. PLO chairman Yasser Arafat promised he would
take all measures to ensure the gathering was peaceful. In an
effort to calm tensions between rival Palestinian factions, Arafat
said he had asked members of the Palestinian Authority, which runs
the self-rule areas, not to attend the rally. It was orginally
scheduled for Friday but was postponed because of bad weather.
Meanwhile, guerrillas opposed to Arafat on Saturday controlled
positions they wrested back from pro-Arafat fighters at Lebanon’s
biggest refugee camp after a day of clashes in which eight people
died. A cautious calm spread across the camp after the fighting
with machine guns and anti-tank rockets died down after midnight.
The fighting erupted early on Friday when more than 500 fighters
from Arafat’s Fatah guerrillas overran the sprawling Ain Al-Helweh
Camp, 40 km (25 miles) south of Beirut. But the dissidents, PLO
fighters who defected after Arafat reached the peace accord with
Israel, counter-attacked after a brief cease-fire for midday
prayers.
holding Korans. Man holding picture of slain Hamas guerrilla.
Youths marching with Koran and flags. Crowd. Masked men about to
light Israeli flag. Flag in flames. Man holding poster of slain
guerrilla. Israeli helicopter. Crowd. Man addressing crowd.
Palestinian minister, Saeb Erikat getting out of car. Erikat SOT:
"We, the Palestinian people, have proven that we will overcome
these things, the tragic incident really opened the gates for
further dialogue."
(LEBANON, 26/11) Hooded guerrillas at barrier in refugee camp.
Guerrillas with rocket propelled grenades.
(EAST JERUSALEM, 26/11) Israeli police. Burning tyre in streets.
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