A masked Palestinian gunman attends a demonstration supporting
Palestinian prisoners held in the Israeli jails in Balata refugees camp
near the West Bank city of Nablus, August 7, 2003.Israel released more
than 330 Palestinian prisoners Wednesday in what it called a gesture to
bolster a U.S.-backed peace "road map." Palestinian officials dismissed
the move as a sham. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini

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