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JERUSALEM: The Israeli government plans to force Yasser Arafat to crack down on Islamic militants by freezing up to two-thirds of the Palestinian Authority's revenue. But this strategy may backfire, reports TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "It's meant to scare Arafat into action," says Beyer, "but what it is actually doing is antagonizing him into continued inaction...
...return to Israel in yet another effort to move peace talks forward. President Clinton announced that he would postpone the trip until an appropriate time for mourning had passed. "It seems that here, there can be either peace or quiet, but not both," notes TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "As long as the peace train is stuck, the Islamists lie low, their task of sabotaging the process a redundancy. Once things move, here they come again, determined to wreck it once again." Beyer notes that while the Israelis are blaming Yasser Arafat for not controlling terrorism, Hamas is independent...
...near-meltdown over the Jerusalem mayor's plans to allow a new settlement on disputed land, Benjamin Netanyahu's tough response put the talks back into motion. "The Prime Minister was very clear about saying said he would do his best to prevent the project," said TIME's Lisa Beyer in Jerusalem. "That really helped." TIME's Dean Fischer adds that the U.S. may have convinced the Israelis to commit to a freeze on settlements in exchange for the peace talks. "The U.S. has been very active behind the scenes from the very beginning," he said. Both sides have sent...
...every major player in the process was furious at Jerusalem mayor Ehud Olmert's decision to award a building permit for an Arab neighborhood to Miami millionaire Irving Moscowitz without letting any of them in on it. "Those two tried to pull a fast one," says TIME's Lisa Beyer in Jerusalem. "Moscowitz and Olmert are both intent on this for ideological reasons, and they don't feel they need anyone's permission." Benjamin Netanyahu, who has had his share of trouble with the settlement issue, exploded over the ambush and broke off a meeting with striking union leaders...
...Lisa Beyer...