NewsGuy
05-29-2002, 10:59 AM
For amusement value. Figured it's worth having the photo in our archives:
Vendors report brisk sales of the new product. The maker of the chips says it donates five cents 25 pisaters to the "Palestinian cause" for every 50 packages sold.
The chips are bagged in Palestinian colors green, red, black and white and carry the likeness of a rotund and wide-eyed Arafat, saluting with one hand and holding a Palestinian flag in the other. He's dressed in his trademark military fatigues and black-and-white checked headgear.
Shopkeepers say the Arafat chips, named Abu Ammar the Palestinian leader's nom de guerre, are considerably outselling another new brand, The Hero, which hit store shelves earlier this month. The packaging for that brand pictures a schoolboy holding a stone in his right hand and books in the other as he confronts an Israeli tank.
"There's no one who doesn't love Abu Ammar," said Iman Mohammed Darwish, a 12-year-old girl. "I like the taste, and I want to help the Palestinians."
Vendors report brisk sales of the new product. The maker of the chips says it donates five cents 25 pisaters to the "Palestinian cause" for every 50 packages sold.
The chips are bagged in Palestinian colors green, red, black and white and carry the likeness of a rotund and wide-eyed Arafat, saluting with one hand and holding a Palestinian flag in the other. He's dressed in his trademark military fatigues and black-and-white checked headgear.
Shopkeepers say the Arafat chips, named Abu Ammar the Palestinian leader's nom de guerre, are considerably outselling another new brand, The Hero, which hit store shelves earlier this month. The packaging for that brand pictures a schoolboy holding a stone in his right hand and books in the other as he confronts an Israeli tank.
"There's no one who doesn't love Abu Ammar," said Iman Mohammed Darwish, a 12-year-old girl. "I like the taste, and I want to help the Palestinians."