A PALESTINIAN GUNMAN WATCHES OVER FATAH RALLY IN NABLUS

A Palestinian gunman watches over a Fatah rally supporting Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Nablus December 23,2001. Arafat vowed on Sunday to celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem despite Israel's decision to block his annual pilgrimage to the town where Jesus was born. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini