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...tolerance for this kind of inhumanity," he said, demanding "concrete steps" by the Palestinians to fight terror. But fearful that violence could beget more violence, Administration officials began to think something bolder was required. The President postponed for only a week a planned mission by Middle East mediator Dennis Ross--his first since last April--to regenerate confidence, and huddled with his security advisers to consider what else Washington could do to repair the diplomatic damage. "It's pretty clear," said a U.S. official, "that it will be hard to get this on track unless there is a high degree...
...group was trying to prevent the anticipated full resumption of joint antiterror measures between the Israelis and the Palestinians. "This cooperation," notes Abu Assad, "is done at our expense." Then, in a boast that might be only bravado, the Hamas activist claimed, "We were about to assassinate Dennis Ross" on one of his previous peace shuttles. U.S. officials say there have been several threats against Ross, but no "near miss" attempts. Yet Abu Assad's unconfirmable declaration bespeaks a growing Palestinian discontent with the American mediation role...
...restrict security cooperation, curtailing intelligence sharing and easing up on commitments to collect weapons, jail militants and stop calls to violence. On the Monday before the bombing, Israeli and Palestinian officials announced that at last the two sides would resume negotiations on outstanding disputes, paving the way for Ross to present an American initiative aimed at striking specific compromises. But the upbeat news was a call to arms for the Islamists, who are dedicated to sabotaging a peace process they regard as illegitimate...
JERUSALEM: The war of words between Benjamin Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat continues to heat up, and US special envoy Dennis Ross is flying in to cool things down. He may have his work cut out -- a very real mini-war has already exploded along Israel's northern border...
...merely mean a return to business as usual. But it couldn't have come at a worse time. TIME's West Bank correspondent Jamil Hamad reports that resentment is brewing in Palestinian territory: "there is a prevailing feeling of despair, frustration and anger," says Hamad. By Sunday, even Dennis Ross may be powerless to prevent the pot boiling over...