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...Department of Hyperbole: Jenin-on-the-Volga...
...Reveling in his newfound freedom, Yasser Arafat has allowed his imagination to run wild. The West Bank city of Jenin, he told journalists while surveying the ruins of Ramallah, would henceforth be known by Palestinians as "Jeningrad" (in reference to the epic World War II battle of Stalingrad in which more than 1 million people died). Perhaps he simply wanted to underscore that his sense of humor had survived the Israeli siege...
...PHOTO ESSAYS Terror Attack Kills 19 Grief in Jenin More Photos...
...PHOTO ESSAYS Terror Attack Kills 19 Grief in Jenin More Photos...
...second, Arafat issued an appeal for suicide bombing to stop. The Israeli government announced that it would seize parts of Palestinian Authority territory and hold them as long as attacks continue. Dozens of Israeli tanks and armored vehicles backed by helicopter gunships stormed the West Bank towns of Jenin, Qalqilya and Nablus. Troops entered Ramallah and Bethlehem, while helicopters .red on the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian gunman killed five Israeli settlers in Itamar on the West Bank. EUROPE Empty Skies Travel plans were thrown into chaos as air-traffic controllers went on strike to protest an E.U. plan...