1. Anton Salman, a Palestinian resident of Bethlehem who is chairman of a church support organization, entered the church with the governor on Tuesday. 2. After the grenade attack, the Israeli Army imposed a curfew on Palestinian residents. 3. But Ramallah, a West Bank city, is a war zone, its Palestinian residents are confined to their houses and Israeli tanks and soldiers patrol the streets. 4. But the pullout never happened, and interviews here with both settlers and Palestinian residents suggest that the gap in expectations remains huge. 5. Complicating the matter is that most Palestinian residents of Jerusalem are not Israeli citizens. 6. For Palestinian residents, however, the arrival of the observers meant little. 7. However, Ali Zamamiri, a Palestinian resident, said that no one would accept money to leave. 8. In a letter in Arabic to Palestinian residents living in the area of the tomb, Elon invited them to negotiate financial compensation in return for moving out. 9. In Hebron, Palestinian residents clashed with the police over their demand to reopen a marketplace in the center of the West Bank city. 10. Inside the church, Palestinian residents, Muslim and Christian, expressed shock at the damage left behind. |