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 Arafat promises Palestinian state in 2002 Mon Dec 31 2001 13:42:21 ET Ramallah (dpa) - A Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital will be established in the coming year, Palestinian President Yassir Arafat promised Monday evening. In a speech broadcast by Palestinian media to mark the 36th anniversary of the founding of his Fatah movement, Arafat said that such a state was a ``fundamental basis for international and regional security and stability''. The Palestinian state, he added, should be established in the West Bank and Gaza Strip - territory Israel captured from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East war. Fatah, the leading component in the Palestine Liberation Organization, is considered the mainstream movement in the Palestinian-ruled territories. Recent reports suggest its popularity is on the wane, while the more militant Palestinian Islamic movements, such as Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, are on the rise. |
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