Word: palestinians
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...organizations. The Israeli government compares the talks to dealing with the devil ? and wants Arafat to arrest the militants and shut down their recruiting offices. There's not much chance of that while Arafat remains politically weakened by charges of corruption. Today's meeting, and the 1,500-strong Palestinian demonstration that accompanied it, is designed at least in part to shore up the former PLO leader's power...
...Whispering sweet words of "political pluralism," Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will meet Wednesday with representatives of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad to sound out their feelings on the peace process. Dealing with the devil, shrieks the Israeli government. Public relations stunt, clamor Palestinian militants. Watch for the belabored Arafat to be stretched like a rubber band on this...
...What really hurts, of course, is the $40 million in monthly tax revenues withheld by Israel, leaving the better part of the Palestinian Authority working pro bono. A defiant Arafat said exactly that on Thursday in a speech to some Israeli Arabs in Ramallah. "You have 220,000 Palestinians who are not able to bring food to their families...
Fischer understands the Palestinian leader's frustration. "Netanyahu got through Ross's visit with all his cards intact. He has no reason to relent." And all Arafat got was this lousy T-shirt...
...Israel has no apparent plans to let up on the most crippling economic sanction: the witholding of more than half of the Palestinian Authority's monthly income. "Netanyahu still wants to see a crackdown from Arafat on Hamas and the Islamic military groups," says Lisa Beyer, TIME Jerusalem Bureau Chief. "What can he hold back in return? Everything, until the Palestinians do as they are told...