Arafat faces huge problems. He has …
Years: 1994 - 1994
October
Arafat faces huge problems.
He has to create new institutions from scratch and contend with widespread poverty.
Although Western donor nations have promised $2.2 billion, they make transfer of funds dependent on the establishment of new accounting procedures.
Arafat consequently is unable to do much to transform the quality of everyday life.
The fundamentalist Hamas and Islamic Jihad spur Palestinian opposition to the peace process and intensifies its campaign of terror against Israel, using suicide bombers.
Locations
People
Groups
- Israel
- Palestinians
- PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization)
- HAMAS (Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya or "Islamic Resistance Movement")
- Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, or Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
- Palestinian National Authority
