Word: fatah
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...lists given to the Palestinian Authority. What's more, the Israelis say, by glorifying killers as "martyrs," Arafat encourages them and puts himself on their side. Anyway, if it is Hamas killing Israelis one day, the next day it is al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an offshoot of Arafat's Fatah political organization that has now overtaken Hamas as the No. 1 instigator of attacks...
...Arafat, they also suspect that the town is crawling with militants. Last week Israeli intelligence officials said forces were hunting two key leaders of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. Nasser Awwas, a founder of the group, is thought to have gone underground in Ramallah, along with the Brigades' effective leader, Fatah West Bank chief Marwan Barghouti. Having judged Arafat unwilling to arrest his own people, the Israelis plan...
Israeli security sources say the phone and fax surveillance has supplied evidence that Arafat bankrolled groups that are part of his Fatah organization though he knew they would carry out terror attacks. But the spying came up critically short in preventing attacks, because Arafat was never told precise details of any operation, say the sources...
...defended Sharon, and now Arafat. The administration has next-to-no policy on what constitutes terrorism in the Middle East, hence each side is defining it for their own ends. The OIC isn’t sure what terrorism is, but it isn’t suicide bombing. The Fatah are terrorists to Sharon, and so is the Palestinian Authority. The fact is, we have given both Sharon and Arafat, as well as our major aid recipients in the Middle East (notably, Mubarak) enough rope to hang themselves with. They have, most obligingly, begun...
...personal fate that raises questions about whether Israel's "Operation Defensive Wall" leads back to a cease-fire and negotiations. Israeli officials have made clear they're after a number of Arafat's top aides previously considered immune. Top of the wanted list is Marwan Barghouti, leader of Fatah's Tanzim militia and the Palestinian leader with the most influence over the gunmen on the streets of the West Bank. That may be exactly why Israel wants him behind bars, but the reason he's previously been left untouched by the Israelis is that it's also unlikely that...