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...hurricane, and the storm is the Aqsa intifadeh. For almost 17 months, the Palestinian uprising and Israel's harsh reaction to it have ravaged both sides of the Green Line, which separates Israel from the Palestinian territories. This town of 135,000 at the southern end of the Gaza Strip is the epicenter, where the intifadeh's ill effects are fiercest. There is no worse place to be an Israeli soldier; nowhere is it harder to live as a Palestinian...
...ready to play a constructive role. In a "statement of vision" being pushed by Saudi diplomats as a "signal to the Israeli people," Abdullah suggests that Arab states collectively agree to a full peace with Israel in exchange for full Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, Gaza Strip and other occupied Arab territories. "If Saudi Arabia is willing to reach out to Israel to talk about peace and normalization of relations, then that is significant and positive step," says U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher...
...cease-fire, he said. As he spoke, Israeli helicopter gunships continued the offensive, firing on Palestinian security buildings in Gaza City. Some concessions were made: Arafat ordered the arrest of three of the alleged murderers of Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze'evi, and Israel pulled troops from the Gaza Strip. The arrests were a condition of Arafat's being allowed to leave his compound, but Sharon said he had not met all the requirements. This week Israeli and Palestinian security chiefs plan to meet, and the U.N. Security Council will convene to discuss solutions...
...ground, the Israeli and Palestinian belligerents may not notice. In just the last month, the ferocity of the conflict has taken on new dimensions. The catalyst for the current round of hostilities was the Feb. 14 bombing of an Israeli Merkava Mark 3 tank in the central Gaza Strip, which killed three Israeli soldiers. An Israeli official told Time the bomb contained the high-density plastic explosive C-4, large amounts of which the Israelis believe are being smuggled into Gaza through tunnels running under the Egyptian border. "It's frightening to think that the next suicide bomber will have...
...play to the Palestinian street, since those barriers are commonly seen as symbols of humiliation. And Fatah leaders think continued assaults on Israeli military targets in the occupied territories, like the ones staged last week, will ultimately turn Israeli opinion against keeping settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip...