Fatah officials won't attend Geneva Accord ceremony [View All]

[Gimel]

Four prominent Palestinians who negotiated a
symbolic Mideast peace agreement canceled their
participation in a launching ceremony Monday in
Switzerland this week after Yasser Arafat refused
to offer written support and shots were fired at a
negotiator's home, Palestinian officials said
Sunday.

In a meeting overnight, the Palestinian leader turned
down a request by two of the officials, Kadoura Fares, a
Cabinet minister, and lawmaker Mohammed Horani, to
give them a letter supporting the accords, the officials
said on condition of anonymity.

The other two officials who refused to go were
Minister of Prisoner Affairs Hisham Abdel Razek
and lawmaker Khatem Abdel Khader.

The decision to pull out of the ceremony - along
with a protest in the Gaza Strip - raised
doubts about the Palestinian public's support
for the document.
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