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...Although the judge stopped him from reading a list of charges against Israel, the stout 43-year-old Fatah leader signaled his intention to use his trial as a bully pulpit. "Security will only be achieved ... by peace," told journalists, using the Hebrew he mastered during previous stays in Israeli prisons. "And peace will only be achieved by the end of the occupation...
...West Bank and Gaza) is a calculated political risk for Israel. The authorities aim to produce evidence - including testimony from, among others, two imprisoned Barghouti deputies who have apparently agreed to speak against their boss - portraying Barghouti as the operational godfather of the Al Aksa Martyr's Brigade, a Fatah offshoot responsible for scores of suicide terror attacks that have killed hundreds of Israeli civilians. Israeli officials hope such a charge will convince the world of the Palestinian Authority's intimate involvement in terrorism - Barghouti, after all, is a senior Palestinian legislator and the organizational chief of Arafat...
...West Bank cities will see little to cheer in a "Gaza-first" cease-fire, and even Arafat's own cabinet was divided over whether to accept Ben Eliezer's offer. Gaza is a stronghold of Hamas, whose political standing continues to grow at the expense of Arafat's own Fatah movement. The PA's approach to implementing a cease-fire there may depend, in large part, on securing Hamas's agreement to such a step, on the basis that both sides would prefer to avoid a potentially bloody confrontation on the streets. The two Palestinian groups have been negotiating over...
...letter from leaders of the Tanzim faction of Fatah proclaiming the intent to pursue a unilateral cease-fire was published in the Israeli media this week. Although it was pooh-poohed by the security establishment and its purported cease-fire initiative suspended after the Gaza air raid, it contains some words that may soon begin to resonate with people on both sides of the divide: "Our hotels are empty, our restaurants deserted, our factories closed, our businesses bankrupt, and our children hungry... You can survive, for a time, with ten percent inflation, and growing unemployment, and an army of young...
...Israel's beleaguered peace camp went even further, questioning the timing of the strike in light of the comparative calm of recent weeks and renewed diplomatic activity. The dovish Haaretz newspaper pointed to previous instances, such as the assassination earlier this year of Fatah Tanzim commander Raed Karni, which prompted a wave of Palestinian terror attacks in retaliation and ended a period of relative quiet. But it dismissed the charge that this was the result of a deliberate attempt to sabotage peace efforts...