DESPITE MINI-WAR, ARAFAT ARRESTS DISSIDENTS

RAMALLAH [MENL] -- Even amid the mini-war with Israel, Palestinian AuthorityChairman Yasser Arafat remains sensitive to dissident voices amongPalestinians. Arafat's security forces have detained and interrogated a leadingPalestinian dissident after he called for the release of politicalprisoners. Khaled Amayreh, editor of the weekly Hebron Times, urged Arafatin a television broadcast to free all political detainees and close thePA-owned casino in Jericho.