Word: jihadism
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...punish Arafat. The Israelis are aware that Arafat cannot completely control Hamas, the Islamic group that carried out the Netanya massacre. But they complain that most of the time he doesn't even try. He has failed to arrest hundreds of militants from Hamas and its sister group, Islamic Jihad, which Israel has specifically identified on lists given to the Palestinian Authority. What's more, the Israelis say, by glorifying killers as "martyrs," Arafat encourages them and puts himself on their side. Anyway, if it is Hamas killing Israelis one day, the next day it is al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades...
...point, the Israelis and Palestinians agree: he won't. But they diverge in explaining why. Members of the Sharon government, as well as much of the Israeli public and a good number of Bush Administration officials, believe Arafat has the power to take on groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad. He just chooses not to--in part because he fears that doing so would threaten his hold on power. Some exasperated Israelis charge that Arafat has failed to confront Palestinian terrorism because, perversely, he benefits from it: the steady waves of attacks have demoralized segments of Israeli society and invited...
...surrender and inviting Israel to martyr him. His fight, he said, would be carried forward by Palestinian children. And even as he made this vow, a teenage girl from the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade blew herself up in a Jerusalem supermarket, taking two Israelis with her. Elsewhere, an Islamic Jihad militant killed two Israelis in the Gaza settlement of Netzarim, and four more died at the hands of a Hamas gunman who infiltrated the West Bank settlement of Eilon Moreh. At least four Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli incursion into Ramallah, and it's likely that figure will...
Yesterday’s grisly suicide bombing by Islamic Jihad, clearly intended to disrupt the current security talks that are hoped to lead to a cease-fire within the next few days, shows that Israel’s current measures have not been adequate. Islamic Jihad continues to operate unchecked within the Palestinian territories, and the Palestinian Authority, despite its words, has done very little to combat the terrorists...
...ignore any cease-fire, and may well try and spoil Zinni's visit with more carnage on Israel's streets. But the bigger question concerns the fate of the Fatah militias broadly loyal to Arafat that have reclaimed the dominant role in the "armed struggle" from Hamas and Islamic Jihad. These militias believe guerrilla warfare will end Israel's occupation of the West Band and Gaza. Arafat may well believe their effectiveness has helped restore his political fortunes by creating a crisis that forced the Americans and Sharon to reengage with him, and be reluctant to part with a strategic...