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...groups by negotiation and consensus, Israel has resumed direct military activity in Palestinian cities designed to eliminate their operatives. The Israelis underscored their contempt for Abbas's path of negotiating with Hamas by their choice of target - Ismail Abu-Shanab, killed by a rocket attack on his car in Gaza, was the very Hamas leader with whom Abbas had negotiated the "hudna" truce agreement. Israel?s message to Abbas was clear: Either you destroy Hamas, or we will. And Hamas and Islamic Jihad - and surely, also, the Al Aqsa Martyr's Brigades after three of their men were killed Friday...
...claimed responsibility for the latest raid, but hard-line Islamist guerrillas are the main suspects. Other Stories: Chechnya in TIME Peace Roadblock ISRAEL Buoyed by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's successful trip to the U.S., the Israeli government ordered the building of 22 homes in a settlement in the Gaza Strip, pushed through a law denying citizenship to Palestinians who marry Israelis and completed the first phase of a $1 billion security barrier that critics say will turn the West Bank into a vast prison. Sharon completed his visit to the U.S. without reprimand for constructing the barrier. U.S. President...
...sure, there has certainly been some progress in the situation since the "roadmap" was launched in June - the past month has been the most peaceful since the armed intifada began in September 2000; Israel has withdrawn troops from part of Gaza and the Bethlehem area, and made a few symbolic gestures in respect of settlement outposts built without government permission. But in terms of many of the key requirements of the first phase of the "roadmap" - a Palestinian campaign to disarm and dismantle groups that have waged the terror campaign; Israeli easing of Palestinian living conditions, dismantling settlement outposts built...
...Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat retains considerable clout and wants to prove he is indispensable. Abbas, who replaced Arafat at the negotiating table after being named Prime Minister, has secured a cease-fire from Palestinian militant groups. That prompted Israel to begin withdrawals from towns in the West Bank and Gaza. But Abbas faces opposition within his own Fatah faction and must crack down on renegades. To do so, he is quietly working with Arafat, who still controls much of the Palestinian security apparatus. When senior Palestinian security officials met in Bethlehem just before Israel handed over control of the city...
...hard-line tactics have failed to eliminate the terror threat; instead, the hard-line organizations behind it have grown even more influential over Palestinian political affairs. And 1,000 days of Palestinian suicide terror have not only failed to weaken Israel's grip on the West Bank and Gaza, they have actually strengthened it and all but killed off Labor, the party of Yitzhak Rabin and the traditional peace party, as a serious contender for power in Israel...