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...reopening of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, closed in March 1999 after a truck fire killed 39. three held for training leftist guerrillas in Colombia. The British government started dismantling military installations in the province. ISRAEL Troop Withdrawal Under strong diplomatic pressure, Israel agreed to withdraw from Bethlehem and Beit Jala, two West Bank towns it occupied after the assassination of cabinet minister Rehavan Ze?evi. Troops had already pulled out of Beit Rima, where they reportedly captured two suspected members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which claimed responsibility for Ze?evi?s murder. At least...
...Israel was not waiting for Arafat to move. It continued its assassinations Thursday, killing Atef Abayat, the leader of the Palestinian militia Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, whom Israel blames for killing at least five Israelis. Abayat's booby-trapped car exploded in Bethlehem. In response, Palestinian gunmen in nearby Beit Jala fired on the Jewish neighborhood of Gilo in Jerusalem throughout the night. Israel moved its tanks deep into Bethlehem and Beit Jala by Friday. Israeli tanks were on the move around other Palestinian towns...
Peres was instrumental in defusing the battle for Beit Jala last week--a battle that grew partially out of Sharon's need to ensure that Arafat doesn't view him as a weak leader. The Palestinian-controlled town has been the base for gunmen shooting at the Gilo neighborhood on the edge of Jerusalem. Two weeks ago, Sharon said the next time a Palestinian shot "a single bullet" at Gilo, he'd invade Beit Jala. On Monday, after an Israeli missile killed the head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Abu Ali Mustafa, the bullets flew. Government...
...ministers on Arafat's commitment Wednesday night. "Of course, our working assumption must be that Arafat's going to keep his word," Sharon said, then smiled, sardonically. The Cabinet burst into laughter. At 2 a.m., Sharon called Colin Powell to tell him the Israelis were out of Beit Jala and asked him to pass a message to the Palestinian leader. "If there's more shooting, it has to be clear to Arafat that we'll go back again to Beit Jala," he said. "With much more effective force...
...ISRAEL Beit Jala Incursion Israeli troops and tanks pulled back from the Palestinian-administered town of Beit Jala after a two-day occupation that drew sharp international criticism. The European Union said it brokered the withdrawal in return for a commitment by Palestinians to stop gunmen firing at the nearby Jewish settlement of Gilo. But Israel was on alert for possible attacks to avenge the killing earlier in the week of Abu Ali Mustafa, the highest-ranking victim of Israel's assassination policy since the current intifadeh began...