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...suicide bombings in Jerusalem that killed 26 Israelis over two days. This time, the Israelis came to stay, bringing mobile homes of the type commonly used by West Bank settlers to build a makeshift barracks in line with a tough new policy announced by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Israel now plans to capture Palestinian Authority-controlled territory in response to each suicide attack, and will hold such territory until attacks...
...Hamas and the grassroots militants of Fatah don't want to see movement toward a provisional Palestinian state any more than Sharon does, and the bombing campaign was clearly timed to coincide with a much-anticipated policy speech by President Bush, purported to include a call for a provisional Palestinian state whose final borders would be negotiated later...
...Israelis, this unsightly wall is born of ugly necessity. It's one link in a broad plan that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon approved last week to try to fence out terrorism. The government plans to build a fence along that part of the Green Line where most of the deadly suicide bombers have crossed into Israel during the 20-month-long Palestinian uprising. It's an expensive measure--costing $1.6 million for each of 75 miles of fencing--and it's politically charged, as it requires demarcating a line between the Israelis and the Palestinians that no Israeli government...
When the Israelis stormed Arafat's headquarters last week, they harbored no expectation that the incursion would provoke him to confront terrorism. Rather, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon hopes that harassing Arafat will diminish his status, persuading other Palestinians and the world that he is no longer a relevant power. Sharon thinks Arafat is beyond redemption. He has made clear that his preference would be to kill or exile him. However, he promised President Bush he would not do the former, and he feels bound by the pledge, even though, by his own account, he regrets making it. Last week, continuing...
...memories of when I was a kid reading my mom's copy of TIME. It has been a part of my life for as far back as I can remember, and now it looks as if there are two more future subscribers. Thanks for the story and the memories. SHARON KELLEY Jacksonville...