West Bank on verge of unprecedented chaos, Palestinian leaders warn

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2004

JENIN, West Bank (AFP) — Palestinian leaders warned the West Bank was on the verge of unprecedented chaos, as thousands of demonstrators showed their support for militants who attacked the offices here of the security services and local governor.

Prime minister Ahmed Qorei said it was vital that the Palestinians unite to prevent the kind of chaos seen last month in the Gaza Strip from spreading to the West Bank.

"We, the Palestinian people, must stand united in condemning this chaos in the same manner that we deterred the chaos that took place in Gaza," he said in an interview published in Sunday's Al-Quds daily.

"If this chaos reaches the West Bank, then we will be on the verge of an unprecedented and unacceptable disaster."

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