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Even before Rimawi's arrest, Arafat was recalibrating his strategy. Aides tell TIME he was disturbed by a March 2 suicide bombing in Jerusalem by activists of his own Fatah organization. The attack struck a community--the ultra-Orthodox Jews of Jerusalem's poor central district--that is relatively moderate in its view of relations with the Palestinians. The bomb wiped out a family, the Nehmads--two parents and their two children, a nephew and two cousins...
Once a trailer gets to theaters, positioning is crucial: the studio wants it to play close to the start of the feature, after the audience has settled down. Deals are struck to get trailers in front of big movies. Last year Sony paid exhibitors to put a trailer for its movie The Animal in front of Universal's The Mummy Returns, which promised to be a hit. Fearing a dangerous precedent, other studios complained, and Sony promised not to do it again. And after a dispute with New Line, theater chain Regal Cinemas threatened to pull trailers for the studio...
...mailer referred to my column, but I was perplexed. His argument was simple enough—one that I’ve heard many times: the mass punishment of the entire Palestinian people is just retribution for the horrific acts of a few Palestinian suicide bombers. But what struck me was not the argument but the phrase—“blown to bits by your brethren.” When did I claim brotherhood with religious fanatics who attack innocent civilians? I thought I had spoken out in favor of peace, reconciliation and justice...
...appear to have achieved the desired results. Israeli analysts noted that Palestinian militants preserved much of their fighting capability by avoiding full-on clashes with Israeli forces. And even in the course of the current operations in the West Bank and Gaza, Palestinian gunmen and suicide bombers have struck repeatedly inside Israel, as if to send the message that the Israeli raids could not deter them...
...predictably elevated into the brotherhood of the brilliantly wicked. Look! the commentators said. See how he got our attention with the first plane so the world would be watching when the second one hit? (As if two planes taking off at different times and flying different routes could have struck the buildings at precisely the same moment even if the amateur pilots at the stick had wanted them to.) Beware! the news people warned. A man with the ability to wreak this kind of destruction could do almost anything. (As if living in a cave and dreaming...