(Telegraph-UK) The Palestinians of the West Bank city of Nablus now live in fear of mafia-style gangs posing as their protectors in the "resistance." After more than 30 murders in the past year, and with kneecappings and kidnappings on the rise, the man being blamed in the souqs of the ancient merchant city's casbah is not Ariel Sharon but Yasser Arafat.
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