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...demand for reform of Arafat's apparatus has been strongest among Palestinians themselves, and it has reached fever pitch amid the devastation left by Israel's "Operation Defensive Shield." The extent to which that demand has been echoed by the Bush administration, the Europeans and the key Arab League states has forced Arafat to respond by promising major, if undefined changes. And the fact that so much of the PA's infrastructure has been destroyed in the course of recent Israeli military actions makes changes unavoidable, since much of the PA has now to be rebuilt from the ground...
...last week of March, Major General Itzik Eitan, Israel's Chief of Central Command, submitted his plan to take over the Jenin Refugee Camp to Chief of Staff Lieut. General Shaul Mofaz. Both men knew it would be one of the toughest missions of Israel's Defensive Shield operation, which began March 28 in Ramallah when the Israelis surrounded the compound of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The Jenin camp, which is administered by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, has existed since 1953; 13,055 registered refugees live in a square whose sides are about 600 yds. long...
Commitment to humane norms in warfare is an interest shared by all countries. What's not always so clear in a conflicted world is how to keep the law of war as a shield, not a political sword...
...Bush administration towards a more forceful push for peace. Whatever course Israel chooses, the Gaza dilemma highlights the extent to which Washington's recent piecemeal efforts to stabilize the situation have not filled the security and political vacuum left in the wake of Israel's "Operation Defensive Shield." And Hamas has made clear that it plans a whole season of suicide bombs to wreck any resumption of the peace process...
...Islamist terror cells operate in the shadows and base themselves in the Strip's crowded urban areas and refugee camps - Gaza City is one of the world's most densely populated cities. Even though Israeli military strategists believe Israel reestablished its deterrent capacity during "Defensive Shield" by breaking the previous taboo on sending troops into Palestinian cities and refugee camps, doing the same in Gaza raises the specter of civilian casualties - and also Israeli losses - far in excess of those seen in Jenin...