Hm, so this is the state they want?

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Five die at Arafat rally in Gaza

Violence followed one of the biggest rallies in Gaza this year At least five people have been killed in gunfire at a rally organised by Fatah in the Gaza Strip to mark three years since the death of Yasser Arafat. Security forces from the rival Hamas movement opened fire at crowds, causing people to run for cover, reports say. It was the biggest rally held by the late president's party since it was ousted from Gaza by Hamas in June after a series of bloody clashes. The iconic Palestinian leader died in Paris on 11 November 2004. Since his death Palestinian politics has been riven by splits, the most violent between the secular nationalist Fatah party and the radical Islamist group Hamas.