A professor who has announced plans to run for president against Yasser Arafat claimed he is being harassed by Palestinian security forces. “Security men have been watching my activities very closely in an attempt to hinder my efforts to mobilize supporters,” Abdel Sattar Kassem told the Jerusalem Post.
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