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Still, it is the job of the security services to do what they can, and based on their recommendations, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has promised to retaliate even more harshly than he did with Defensive Shield. With a new operation, code-named Determined Path, Sharon promises to reoccupy parts of the West Bank ceded to Palestinian control under the Oslo peace accords--not for a matter of days, as in the past, but indefinitely, says Sharon, "as long as terror continues." It's unclear whether he can pull it off, either logistically or politically. But if he does...
With Determined Path, Israeli security officials hope to finish what they started with Defensive Shield. Under U.S. and European pressure, Sharon wrapped up the first operation faster than the army or Shin Bet liked. The armed forces wanted four months; Sharon gave them one. By the time Israel ended the campaign in the final days of April, it had arrested Hamas' top and mid-level activists, according to Israeli intelligence, but hadn't worked down to the legmen who carry out surveillance on target locations and run errands for the bombmakers during the planning of operations. Of 90 activists...
...more somber note, she added, “As Aeneas to Rome, as Moses to the Promised Land, as John Harvard to the blessed banks of the Charles, so you are called to the path of truth...
...divisions to the West Bank on a permanent basis. But the new policy of taking and holding PA territory may now require just that, although it's unlikely to discourage violence against Israelis. Hamas and even the grassroots militants of Fatah oppose new negotiations with Israel and see the path of confrontation as bringing more rewards than negotiation. Many of those Palestinians advocating armed struggle will see the permanent return of Israeli forces to PA territory as sealing their case against engaging in U.S.-brokered peace efforts. And both the Islamists and Fatah have demonstrated an ability to maintain their...
...Swiss. - Helena Bachmann/Geneva SEEN ON THE CHARITY CIRCUIT Giorgio Armani, the Next Pierre Cardin? In becoming a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations last month, Giorgio Armani is not only following in the footsteps of such luminaries as Muhammad Ali and Michael Douglas - he's also following in the path of Pierre Cardin, who became a U.N. Ambassador back in 1991. It's not the only thing they have in common. Armani, with sales of some $1.1 billion a year, is one of the most successful fashion designers in the world (he trails only Ralph Lauren, who has some...