A Palestinian Fatah activist carries a rocket launcher in front of a poster of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Nablus March 26, 2002. Israel said Arafat had not met its terms for attending an Arab summit, ignoring U.S. pressure to let him go to Beirut to add weight to a Middle East peace initiative. Although Prime Minister Ariel Sharon left the door open to a last-minute reprieve that would lift a three-month-old travel ban. Photo by Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters |