This won't go over well with the "troops"

That is the other Palestinians who are on the hunger strike.

The terrorists' hunger strike continues for its fourth day - although some leading terrorists feel that they need not starve as "intensively" as their underlings. Marwan Barghouti, head of the Tanzim terrorist group who considers himself a potential candidate to succeed Yasser Arafat, was photographed yesterday sneaking a well-balanced meal in his prison cell, while his fellow terrorists have not had a bite since Saturday night.

When the leaders are not leading honorably, the "troops" will find out (you can be sure the Israelis will tell them) and their morale will decline and basically decide if the leaders are not willing to suffer in the cause, maybe they should not bother either.