A quarter of the members of the Palestinians' highest legal body gathered at President Yasser Arafat's headquarters despite an Israeli travel ban blocking a full quorum.
"We're giving the message that no one can stop us," Arafat told reporters. Israel banned members of the Palestinian Central Council from traveling to a Ramallah session set for Thursday, after a suicide bombing killed 22 people in Tel Aviv on Sunday.
The PCC's 121 members were to have discussed a draft constitution as part of Palestinian Authority reforms. The members who came to Arafat's office on Thursday live in Ramallah.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army arrested 21 Palestinians overnight in the West Bank cities of Qalqilya, Nablus, Bethlehem and Jenin. (Albawaba.com)
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