The Palestinian Authority communications minister said the current intifada did not begin spontaneously late September after Ariel Sharon’s visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, but was meticulously planned after the Camp David summit failed last July. Palestinian officials criticized the remarks by Imad Falouji, but did not deny them.
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