BRIAN NELSON, CNN ANCHOR: One person is dead and several others injured after days of unrest between Palestinians and Israeli troops along the West Bank in Gaza. CNN's Mike Hanna now looks at the tensions behind the violence.</s>MIKE HANNA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Sounds of deep discord, mass gunmen lead a protest in the West Bank town of Ramallah. The demonstrations mark the 52nd anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel, an event Palestinians call the nucba (ph), or great catastrophe. And the mood is angry. "No peace until Jerusalem is ours," cries the speaker. "No peace until refugees return, no peace while our prisoners are still in Israeli jails." In Jerusalem, negotiators meet to discuss the question of Palestinian prisoners, just one of the many unresolved issues in a peace process that appears at a virtual standstill, with each side blaming the other for lack of progress.</s>SAEB ERAKAT, CHIEF PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATOR: This peace process is being deprived of its honesty, and dignity, and credibility, and the most essential thing now is to restore hope in the minds of the people</s>YOSSI BEILIN, ISRAELI JUSTICE MINISTER: We know that the solutions are there. We both know, more or less, what kind of solutions are available for us. It is not an enigma, it is not something which is totally unknown for us.</s>HANNA: But the thousands taking part in protests across the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip appear unconvinced by the value of talk, the growing sense that solutions must be fought for in the streets rather than sought at negotiating tables. (on camera): The wave of public protest is evidence of mounting Palestinian frustration with the lack of progress and negotiation, but each demonstration is a potential flashpoint for violence that puts the entire peace process at risk. Mike Hanna, CNN, Ramallah.
Several Days of Unrest in West Bank Underscore Tensions Beneath Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process