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The Beit Jala misadventure highlights some of the obstacles to a "rolling cease-fire" between Israelis and Palestinians. Israel withdrew from the Bethlehem village before dawn on Thursday, following a local truce brokered by European diplomats. They had agreed to leave if Palestinian gunmen stopped firing on their positions and...
The truce is a practical example of the "rolling cease-fire" concept that Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat plan to discuss when they meet under German auspices in the near future - rather than trying to forge a comprehensive cease-fire throughout the West Bank and...
5 LIFTING JACKS The 26 lifting jacks on the Giant 4 are controlled by computer to keep them operating in unison. Their frames can move vertically to compensate for rolling seas. Each jack pulls in a small section of cable at a time, for a total of about 33 ft...
There is no chance of Israel's halting its collaborator operation. It is stepping up activities on all fronts. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threatened that the next time a Palestinian gunman fires a shot from the town of Beit Jala across the valley to Gilo, a suburb of Jerusalem built...
TARGETING KIDS A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine concludes that tobacco companies have broken a promise, made in their 1998 settlement with state governments, to cut back on advertising aimed at minors. Camel, Marlboro and Newport--brands favored by teens--have actually increased budgets for advertising...