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...fact that Palestinian rage over events in Jerusalem could have escalated within hours to an intifada-style uprising throughout the West Bank and Gaza is a stark reminder that six years after the Oslo Accord, the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza hasn't ever really ended. From the dusty refugee camps of Gaza and the biblical towns of the West Bank, Palestinians looking to vent their rage on Israeli troops and settlements didn't have to look further than within walking distance of their homes. Israel was under attack in the last three weeks...
Israeli army officials said the helicopter strikes were a "limited action designed to respond to the barbaric act Palestinians conducted yesterday morning." Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh said Israel did not intend to "conquer" territory in the West Bank and Gaza Strip under Palestinian security control...
...Gaza City, Arafat's headquarters and buildings near it were hurriedly evacuated. Shortly afterward, a guard house next to the residence was hit, and smoke rose above the compound...
...another development, the Palestinian Authority released hundreds of prisoners, including scores of Islamic militants, from jails in the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
...election seems relatively unimportant in a world context that is, for the moment, abruptly changed. Arafat has succeeded in discrediting the peace process itself, an act of wanton perversity. The Palestinians had within their grasp the best settlement they will ever get - almost all of the West Bank and Gaza, the prospect of a shared Jerusalem. But perhaps in the Palestinian subconscious there remains a sense of injured honor that judges it must win back by force of arms land lost by force of arms...