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Palestinian extremists' rancor towardYasser Arafat, who they blame for signing the Israel peace treaty, peaked today when members of the militant group Islamic Jihad unceremoniously threw the PLO chairman out of the Gaza mosque where he was attending the funeral of 35-year-old Hani Abed, an Islamic Jihad leader killed Wednesday in a car-bombing. The murder was the first major act of violence sincePalestinian self-rule began in May. The reception: Mourners knocked off the PLO leader's headdress, shouting "Arafat is a collaborator," and shoved him out a back door into the rain. Many Palestinians blame Israel...
...ChiefLisa Beyersays Israel sees no point in dealing with the radical half of Hamas, which calls for the total destruction of Israel. But, she adds, "there's a growing movement within Israeli circles" to negotiate with moderates, who have only demanded full Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza. As for the P.M.: "Rabin said he'd never talk to the PLO, and he did," Beyer says.Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board...
Still, the rash of violence poses an enormous test for the peace process. Israel has insisted it will not expand Palestinian self-rule beyond the enclaves in the Gaza Strip and Jericho unless Arafat works harder to ensure Israeli safety by containing Muslim extremists. So far, the P.L.O. chairman has been unwilling to do that. Israelis hope the latest outrages will jolt him into action, but that would be a major departure for Arafat. "The question now," says a U.S. diplomat in Jerusalem, "is whether this man, who has survived by making compromises with his opponents, is capable of wisely...
Breaking into that quiet conspiracy is a high priority for Israeli intelligence. The security services also plan to intensify their presence along the borders of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and at potential terrorist targets, such as bus stations and schools...
Israel's principal response, however, has been to shut off the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Normally 65,000 Palestinians cross into Israel to work, but the porous borders had enabled assailants to enter with ease. The Israelis hope closing them completely will not only make terror attacks harder but also put pressure on Arafat to clamp down on Hamas...