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...concerned about the reasons behind the joint terror. They just want the attacks to cease and are no longer waiting for Arafat to stop them. After a devastating spasm of suicide bombings at the start of the month, the Israelis, as usual, gave Arafat a list of suspects to arrest. His forces picked up a handful, but none was a big fish. One who got away, a Hamas leader from the village of a-Til near Tulkarem, was therefore free to send the Emmanuel attackers on their mission, according to Israeli intelligence...
Upon severing relations with Arafat last week, the Israelis announced that they would from now on make their own arrests of Palestinian fugitives. That means violating a key component of the Oslo peace accords, which forbid Israeli forces to enter territory under Authority control unless they are in "hot pursuit" of a wanted individual. But the right-wing Sharon has never liked the Oslo accords, which were negotiated under a dovish government. He immediately delivered on his vow, sending his troops, backed by tanks, into West Bank towns to arrest 50 suspected militants. For good measure, Israeli fighter planes...
...security officials in Gaza argues that Arafat cannot do that without alienating his constituents. This source compares Arafat to the coach of a national soccer team. "How can you turn around halfway through the game and say the goaltender is Islamic Jihad, so he has to be arrested, and one of the players is Hamas, so we're going to arrest him too? How can you explain that to the spectators...
...first we are appalled that our government allowed terrorists to enter the country and wage war against us. Now opponents of the Administration are indignant that the Justice Department has actually gone so far as to arrest and jail foreign visitors to our country whose visas have expired or who have broken other laws. Am I the only person who does not understand this? JOHN J. THORNTON Tampa...
...announcement puts Arafat in a bind, not only because it makes it more difficult for him to arrest Hamas members, but also because of the distinction made between Israel-proper and the West Bank and Gaza. The Islamist organization has left the door open to continue attacks against Israeli soldiers and settlers in the West Bank and Gaza, a position endorsed by the grassroots militants of Arafat's own Fatah organization and one that would find few critics in Palestinian civil society where the settlements are viewed as an illegal and intolerable presence. But Israel and the U.S. are unlikely...