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Terrorist attacks in Israel are increasingly funded by two radical Islamic groups that have long been at odds with Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction: Hamas and Islamic Jihad. They began financial support for Fatah gunmen and suicide bombers about six months ago, but according to senior Palestinian security sources, the money has recently begun flowing more freely. This is not just bad news for Israel's security services, already facing a constant deluge of alerts and attacks. It is also a blow to Arafat's Palestinian Authority, which particularly fears losing influence over the gunmen to Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad...
...plans to send his usual troubleshooter, Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary-General Mahmoud Abbas, and sent lower-level officials instead. Hamas responded by pulling back its top man, Khaled Meshaal. Even the limited progress reported at the meeting was condemned in a communique issued in Gaza by Hamas and Islamic Jihad--joined, significantly, by the Ahmed Abu Reesh Brigades and the Salahuddin Brigades, both splinter militias of Fatah. --By Matt Rees and Jamil Hamad
...that among Israeli Arabs, more than 80% of whom boycotted the last election. But one group of Arabs won't be persuaded. Islamist groups are eager to step up their suicide bombings before the election with the aim of pushing Israelis still farther away from negotiations. "Hamas and Islamic Jihad are going to decide the Israeli elections," says a senior Palestinian security official. Israel's right wing already has a clear lead. If Hamas continues to tug on Mitzna's beard, that margin could become devastating...
When could an attack come? Omar Bakri Muhammad, the London-based leader of the radical Muslim al-Muhajiroun youth movement, points to the month of Ramadan, which began Nov. 6. It is "the month of jihad," he told TIME, when "the inspiration of fighting against occupiers and invaders will be very high. That is why I would not be surprised if al-Qaeda strikes in the month of Ramadan." Scared yet? --By Bruce Crumley/Paris, Helen Gibson/London and Steve Zwick/Cologne
...London Underground. The plot was foiled by intelligence agents who infiltrated a terrorist group said to have links to the al-Qaeda network. The paper said MI5 had been tracking the group for six months. MIDDLE EAST Sabbath Attack Twelve Israelis died as gunmen from the Islamic Jihad ambushed a group of Jews leaving Sabbath prayers in the West Bank town of Hebron. The militants said the attack avenged the killing of a Jihad commander by Israel two weeks ago. Israeli soldiers struck back, killing two gunmen after pursuing them from house to house in a four-hour battle. Parts...