BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Back to Gaza City, CNN's Rula Amin, we have established contact and let's pick things up with what's happening in that part of the Middle East thus far today. Hello, Rula.</s>RULA AMIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Bill. Today as Palestinians watch Yasser Arafat go to Sharm el-Sheikh and start his meetings with the leaders there, including President Clinton, there is prime concern here that Yasser Arafat will be exposed to a lot of pressure, especially from the United States, they think, to compromise. And the message from Gaza was not to compromise. Demonstrators took to the street in different towns in Gaza, in Rafah, in</s>HEMMER: Rula, knowing that Bill Clinton, Kofi Annan, Hosni Mubarak, King Abdullah, knowing that everybody is there in Sharm el- Sheikh, Egypt, do the Palestinian people in Gaza feel that there's a bit more credibility in credence lent toward Yasser Arafat to go ahead and talk openly with Israel? And I know, given your report, it doesn't appear to be that way. But, knowing that these high-powered men have gone there, does it give it more credibility?</s>AMIN: Not really. There's a lot of skepticism here. Even with the skepticism from the presence of some Arab leaders, from Kofi Annan's presence, people here are very frustrated and they are very angry. And when Yasser Arafat comes back from this summit he has to face his people and if he doesn't have some substantial progress to report to them, it's going to be very difficult for Yasser Arafat to convince these people that the way to change things is to negotiate with Israel instead of fighting Israel -- Bill.</s>HEMMER: All right, Rula. Rula Amin, live there in Gaza City. Glad we got that connection established for that report. Thank you.
Crisis in the Middle East: Palestinians Urge Arafat Not to Compromise