Word: palestinians
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Both Israeli and Palestinian officials have denied any involvement in the death last week of MUHIADDIN AL-SHARIF, who was wanted by both Israeli and Palestinian security officials for his role in a spate of deadly explosions. Despite this, al-Sharif's colleagues in the militant organization Hamas blamed both sides and vowed vengeance, leaving Israeli officials bracing themselves for a renewal of the terrorist-bombing campaign that has claimed the lives of 155 people since...
...possibility of a Palestinian civil war appears to be growing, following today?s announcement by Arafat?s Palestinian Authority (PA) that Hamas leader Mohiyedine Sharif was killed by members of his own organization. ?The PA has not yet proved that this allegation is based on fact rather than on wishful thinking,? says TIME West Bank correspondent Jamil Hamad. ?Very few people buy the idea that Sharif was killed as a result of a dispute within Hamas, because the differences in Hamas are not strong enough to lead to fighting or assassinations...
...announcement appears to suggest that the PA is declaring war on Hamas, says Hamad, and the Islamic organization will respond by attacking Israel to embarrass Arafat. ?Cracking down on Hamas may impress the U.S. and Israel, but it puts the PA in conflict with a significant portion of the Palestinian population,? says Hamad. Even if the PA has declared the Sharif case closed, that means little if they fail to convince Hamas -- who are, after all, the ones who do the bombing...
...Palestinian Authority initially pointed fingers at Israel, saying a pathologist had found that Sharif was shot before his body was blown up in a car bomb. Today, however, they appeared to concede that Sharif had been assembling the car bomb at the time of his death. Palestinian security officials are also working with Israel to investigate Sharif?s death and are rounding up his supporters. ?The Palestinian Authority has no interest in seeing a new round of Hamas attacks,? says Beyer. Still, it may be some time before Israelis and their Palestinian neighbors can again breathe easy...
...Sharif is that his followers will wreak an ugly vengeance on Israeli civilians, says TIME West Bank correspondent Jamil Hamad. Sharif was found dead after a bomb explosion this weekend, but an autopsy discovered that he'd been killed earlier by bullet wounds. "Hamas is accusing Israel and the Palestinian Authority; the Palestinian Authority is blaming Israel; Israel is blaming Palestinians," says Hamad...