Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat urged Palestinians on Monday to "make their voices heard" against Israel's separation barrier, as the world court was holding a first day of hearings on the legality of the partition. "The wall that Israel is constructing is meant to prevent the establishment of an independent Palestinian State, with Jerusalem as its capital," Arafat said. An hour before the opening of the hearings at the International Court of Justice at The Hague, the Palestinian leader said, "We announce today to the whole world: The apartheid wall turns our towns into jails, our people to prisoners." Calling...
