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Egypt, Jordan and Syria mobilize against Israel, which thwarts the attack, taking over the West Bank, Sinai, Gaza and the Golan Heights...
...GAZA STRIP (825,000 Palestinian refugees...
West Bank 1.9 million Gaza Strip 1 million Jerusalem region 328,600 E. Jerusalem...
...distinction between attacks inside and outside Israel may be a telling indicator of Arafat's intentions - attacks on Israeli cities are impolitic, according to Arafat's top aides, but the militants of Fatah believe that attacks on soldiers and settlers in the West Bank and Gaza will eventually force Israel to withdraw to its 1967 borders. Arafat may be inclined to believe that their efforts have helped restore his political standing - and also that he needs a cease-fire a lot less than the Israelis and Americans...
...Palestinian attacks of the past two months, the bulk of which have been focused in the West Bank and Gaza and carried out by Fatah militants, have created a major domestic political crisis for Sharon. The Israeli leader is under mounting pressure from his right flank to take more decisive military action against the Palestinian Authority. Whether through escalation or a truce, Sharon needs desperately to calm the situation. So does the Bush administration, which has belatedly discovered the extent to which Israeli-Palestinian violence prevents Arab allies from supporting a war to unseat Saddam Hussein. Arafat will have seen...