At the Tanzim offices in Ramallah, the secretary-general of Fatah, Marwan Barguthi, explained that the failure of the talks is bad for his organization because it supports the peace process. If the peace process collapses, Barguthi says, Fatah may split up and it could lose control to extremists. Hanging on the wall of the conference room, against a backdrop of a large picture of western Jerusalem, are photographs of the 17 Tanzim members who were killed during the Western Wall tunnel riots in 1996. May. Barguthi says that the Tanzim organization, which numbers several hundred, is responsible for the clashes with Israel when it violates the agreement. As everyone knows, some of the Tanzim members are armed, contrary to the agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
Land is confiscated and settlements are established.
Jibril Rajoub, who heads the Palestinians' powerful security mechanism in the territories, does not accept as inevitable the possibility of riots breaking out following the summit's failure. The summit conference was too soon. We didn't want it. The important thing now is the month of September. That's a date that you determined with us and you must be careful not to hurt us.