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...again blamed the new outrages on the Palestinian Authority, and the Palestinian Authority issued its now standard denunciation of attacks on Israeli civilians. But the Israeli public knows that the PA is no longer the relevant security authority in hotbeds of militancy such as Nablus, Tulkarm, Bethlehem, Ramallah and Jenin. The reoccupation of Palestinian cities that started three weeks ago with "Operation Determined Path" signaled that Israel had taken the security situation on the West Bank into its own hands for the immediate future...
...Palestinian Authority under the Oslo accords. As a Defense Ministry official puts it, "We don't want to handle their sewage." Even if Sharon withstands coalition pressures, a prolonged reoccupation would bring international criticism. That risk was underscored when Israeli forces looking for Islamic Jihad activists in Jenin last week opened fire on Palestinian civilians who mistakenly thought that the Israeli-imposed curfew had been lifted. Four Palestinians, including three children, were killed...
...Jenin: Israel Won the Battle; Who Will Win the PR War? (April...
...Israel's demand to renegotiate the composition and terms of a U.N. inquiry into the events at Jenin are proving to be grist to the mill for the Palestinian PR campaign. The Israelis expressed the fear that a panel composed of one senior diplomat and two humanitarian officials would be insufficient to understand the military dimension of the problem Israel faced in Jenin, and be more inclined to reach negative conclusions on the humanitarian consequences of the operation. The Palestinians decry the Israeli demands as part of a cover-up effort. But Secretary General Kofi Annan appears inclined to accommodate...
...Press conferences held by prisoners with their interrogators present should always be taken with at least a pinch of salt. Still, Islamic Jihad's Thabet Mardawi offered some fascinating insights to Haaretz on the battle for Jenin, and the politics and mechanics of suicide bombing...