Meanwhile, the people in Jabalya had prepared themselves. There is a state of apprehension and fear, heightened anxiety on the street. People feel that the future is bleak. We are entering into a dark tunnel in which the predictions are very pessimistic. People are thinking of leaving the country.
Some people feel quite hopeless and helpless.
The Intifada is dead. The sign of its death was when the violence was directed against Palestinians by Palestinians. This plays very well into the hands of the Israeli military establishment - to control their own people and to show the world that the Palestinians are the violent party. I think that we have been trapped into this for the last thirty years or so. I think that the Palestinians should start to think of a different strategy.