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...assassination of Rehavam Zeevi couldn't have come at a worse moment - for Ariel Sharon, for Yasser Arafat, and for President George Bush. The radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said Wednesday it had killed the right-wing defector from Ariel Sharon's cabinet to avenge the assassination of its own leader by Israel earlier this year. But the timing revealed a deeper agenda...
...anti-terrorism coalition - Washington's Arab allies have insisted that in order to work with the U.S. on its campaign against al-Qaeda, they have to be able to show their own people that progress is being made in resolving a grievance so shrewdly exploited by Osama Bin Laden. Rehavam Zeevi's assassination is almost certain to set back the process of resuming dialogue...
TIME.com: How is Israel likely to respond to the assassination of Rehavam Zeevi...
Despite the explosive atmosphere, Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir continued his leisurely efforts to form a narrow right-wing coalition after the collapse of the national unity government two months ago. Shamir's prospects may depend on the cooperation of a far-right party headed by Rehavam Ze'evi, who is demanding the sensitive post of Police Minister as the price for his support. Ze'evi informed the Knesset last week, "Arabs only understand when they are clubbed on the head." Palestinian leader Faisal Husseini, one of 46 Palestinians who launched a hunger strike to protest last week's killings...
...Israeli victims of the intifadeh, mourners yelled, "You are doing nothing!" Nor did the new battle order satisfy the settlers, who have demanded such extreme reprisals as shooting all stone throwers on sight. "For them ((the Palestinians)) it's a festival, for us a continuous Yom Kippur," said Rehavam Ze'evi of the far-right Homeland Party, referring to the solemn day of atonement...