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...worst single attack since Israeli-Palestinian fighting broke out last September, a Palestinian bus driver ploughed into a bus stop at high speed, killing eight and injuring 20. Seven of the dead were Israeli soldiers. Police pursued driver Khalil Abu Olbeh, who tried to flee to Gaza, for 35 km before opening fire, causing the bus to crash. Abu Olbeh, who had worked for the Egged bus company for five years ferrying Palestinian workers between Israel and Gaza, was given clearance to return to his job in Israel just two weeks ago. His family said he has no ties...
...fatigues, who are joining his nightly communal meal. Various peace awards are scattered on shelves in Arafat's inner sanctum, looking more like dust collectors than trophies. On the wall are framed pictures of Palestinians who have died fighting and a satellite map of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
...report 18 years ago to bear "indirect responsibility" for the massacre of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Maybe the coming of the old warrior is what recently led a clearly unnerved Arafat to grab a machine gun from a bodyguard and leap out of his car when Jewish settlers in Gaza blocked the road...
Arafat has exhausted the patience of Palestinians from all walks of life--it is no longer only the more radical elements who consider Arafat a traitor. Allegations of high-level corruption and mishandling of funds abound throughout the West Bank and Gaza. According to a recent United Nations report, the Palestinian economy suffered a loss of $1.15 billion over the first four months of the uprising and is on the brink of financial ruin. Although the uprising itself exacted an enormous financial toll, it is widely believed that Arafat's autocratic handling of Palestinian finances has greatly exacerbated the situation...
...Over in the West Bank and Gaza, though, the inevitable chill in peace efforts is something of a disaster for Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority - because few Palestinians have much interest in "stabilizing" the current state of Palestinian politics in the way that the Israelis are trying to do with theirs. For the past eight years, the organizing principle of Palestinian politics has been the peace process, and its demise spells trouble for the Palestinian leadership. After all, if Arafat is clearly unable to secure an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza through negotiations, much less give Palestinians...