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Palestinian "Street" Supports Arafat in Showdown with Abbas
(Jerusalem Post) - Khaled Abu Toameh A public opinion poll published last week showed that more than 35% of Palestinians support Arafat, while the same poll gave Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) an embarrassing 3%. A Palestinian legislator from Ramallah said regardless of how the crisis ends, Abu Mazen will emerge as a loser: "If he gets what he wants, he will be seen as someone who went against the tide and came to power as a result of foreign intervention."