It seems Arafat knowingly allowed several Palestinian businessmen to make millions selling concrete to Israel to build the wall that Arafat says is a crime against humanity.  A little hypocrisy, perhaps?

There have been several major protests, as well as high level calls for Arafat to step down.  It probably won't happen, seeing as every Palestinian in the world could hate the guy, but as long as he has the support of the U.N., he won't go anywhere.  The U.N. has a lot more invested in making sure Arafat stays in power than any Palestinian commoner.  Just wait, soon there will be more evidence that the U.N. couldn't care less about the Palestinian people, they just want the Jews to go away, and to make Arafat happy.  Arafat happy means various middle east tyrants are happy, and that means the U.N. gets more money, and that makes them very happy.