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...attempted murder to conspiracy and possession of arms, their certainty gave way to shock and anger. Three of the defendants, including Menachem Livni, leader of the Jewish underground terrorist organization to which most of the defendants belonged, were convicted of murdering three Arab students at the Islamic College in Hebron in 1983. They face mandatory life imprisonment. The other twelve defendants were convicted of crimes committed between 1980 and 1984, and could receive prison terms of up to 20 years when they are sentenced this week. The verdicts promptly heightened public debate in Israel. Some people demanded immediate clemency...
...ascetic existence in Ramallah, Arafat lavished money siphoned from Palestinian coffers on cronies, family members and militant groups. There was income from bank accounts and businesses spread across the world, often held in others' names. A senior Palestinian intelligence official says Arafat had a stake in a Hebron furniture company and a Syrian sewing factory. Senior Palestinian security officials tell TIME that Arafat shipped money to the gunmen of the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. The most conspicuous recipient of Arafat's largesse was Suha. People familiar with Arafat's finances say the Palestinian leader sent Suha $200,000 a month...
...West Bank and Israel. Instead, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon snaked the fence into the West Bank to incorporate Israeli settlements and to take advantage of more easily defensible topography. The fence is already 165 km long; work is under way on a new section around Jerusalem and south to Hebron, and there are plans for an eastern fence probably along the heights above the Jordan Valley. Palestinians charge that the route cuts villages off from their fields and hems in some communities between the Israeli border and the fence, the gates of which are often shut for days. Any challenge...
...reminder of the dangerous fracturing of centralized command and control among Palestinian terror cells. Even during the ill-fated "hudna" cease-fire negotiated between the PA and representatives of Hamas, JI and the al-Aksa Brigades, it was clear that localized cells - such as the Hamas operatives in Hebron and some of the Al-Aksa structures in the northern West Bank, which Israeli intelligence believes had been penetrated by elements from Hezbollah - retained the capability and the intent to violently veto agreements reached by their political leadership. The attack in Gaza may be a sign that at least some elements...
...built throughout the West Bank and Gaza were relieved by the Oslo Accords requirement that they turn over those cities to a Palestinian gendarmerie - having to resume day-to-day patrols, let alone take responsibility for health, education and basic services in the streets of Jenin, Nablus, Ramallah and Hebron could exponentially raise Israel's casualty figures...