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Saturday evening, when Israelis go out on the town celebrating the end of the Sabbath, has long been a favorite killing hour for Palestinian suicide bombers. This week was no exception, despite the presence of large numbers of Israeli troops in Yasser Arafat's offices and throughout Ramallah and other West Bank towns. A member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, linked with Arafat's own Fatah organization, detonated a bomb in a Tel Aviv coffee bar Saturday night, killing himself and wounding more than 30 Israelis in a stark reminder that even an Israeli military operation that has sparked...
...Israeli troops stormed Yasser Arafat's Ramallah compound early Friday, exchanging fire with his bodyguards. The object, said Israel's defense minister, was not to kill Arafat, but to "totally isolate" him. It was a compromise between cabinet hawks who favor expelling or otherwise disposing of the Palestinian leader, and doves who see that as posing even greater perils...
...Yasser Arafat says he's ready to seek an end to the fighting. In the aftermath of Wednesday's shocking terror attack in Israel, the Palestinian leader said he was prepared to implement a cease-fire plan "without conditions." Israelis are skeptical - the offer was made in remarks to journalists, and not as an official proposal to the Israeli government. And Arafat has made such pronouncements before, most notably after last year's suicide bombing in a Tel Aviv disco...
...start of the Aqsa intifadeh 18 months ago. The two sides failed to reach agreement, and the Israelis called a halt when a bomber killed himself and three others near shops in West Jerusalem, only a day after a similar attack on a bus killed seven. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat condemned the attacks. After Zinni met Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and then met Arafat separately, talks resumed, but without resolution. More talks were planned. If a truce is agreed, Arafat may be able to attend the Arab summit in Beirut this week, when a peace plan backed by Saudi...
...continues work to bridge the gap between Israeli and Palestinian versions of a cease-fire plan. It doesn't appear to be getting any narrower. The Palestinians are in no hurry to close a deal - they even called off a new round of truce talks scheduled for Monday night. Yasser Arafat and his aides appear to believe that the U.S. and Ariel Sharon currently need a cease-fire a lot more than he does, and he's going to set a substantial political price on that truce. Palestinian leaders believe the current cease-fire effort has been spurred...