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...know. It seems that the presence of the Israeli soldiers in Beit Jala is actually inciting them to continue firing. I don't know how long will continue. It's more or less like a war here. The residents of Beit Jala had in the past appealed to Yasser Arafat, as well as to embassies and church leaders, to stop Palestinians firing from Beit Jala, so as to avoid the Israeli reaction. But now most of their anger is directed at the Israelis...
...What impact has the violence of the past three days had on Yasser Arafat's efforts to relaunch talks towards a cease-fire...
...base for several recent suicide bombers. Yet Palestinians believe that Israel would risk its troops two miles inside enemy territory only to rescue its valuable operatives. Without collaborators, Palestinians say, how would the Israelis have such stunning success targeting and killing activists in Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's own Fatah Party...
...that Israel is facing the same threat--a virulent terrorist campaign operating out of Yasser Arafat's Palestine and directed against innocent Israeli civilians--the wrath of the world has descended upon Israel for daring to respond by "assassinating" those who are running the terrorist operation...
...diplomatic front, of course, is not showing convincing signs of restoring the peace any time soon. It's not yet clear when Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres will meet under German auspices, let alone whether the Palestinian leader and the Israeli foreign minister have anything new to discuss. Today's talk is of a "rolling cease fire" to be implemented on an area-by-area basis - Arafat would rein in the militants in one town, and the Israelis would ease restrictions on that town, creating momentum towards calming the flames...