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...Peres visit has already peeved the Palestinians, who are incensed that the White House has twice hosted Israeli leaders in the first four months of the Bush administration, while Yasser Arafat has not yet been invited. "The U.S. can't keep listening only to the Israeli side," a senior Palestinian official said in Washington. The administration has been holding back on an invitation as a means of pressuring the Palestinian leader to rein in militants operating from his territory. But the Bush administration remained equally cold to Peres's suggestion that it declare Arafat's Fatah movement a terrorist organization...
...especially since he runs a major bomb factory in Gaza City, according to Palestinian intelligence officials. Al-Ghoul sells hand grenades for $50 and belts packed with TNT for use in suicide bombs for $1,000. His main client is Hamas, and he's also on the payroll of Yasser Arafat's Preventive Security Service. But it's the spreading tentacles of Hizballah in the form of men like al-Ghoul--trained and hardened by fighting in Lebanon--that worry Israel most. At least two Hizballah-style roadside bombs went off in the West Bank last week. Palestinian sources believe...
...softer look." The designer wants to send a message that everyday life should go on despite the latest outbreaks of violence in the Middle East. Levi has created similar Miss Universe dresses. She adorned the gown of 1998's Miss Israel with the faces of Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat and Bill Clinton. Her 1999 effort--worn by the first Arab Miss Israel--featured a Star of David. The heavy-duty 2001 creation could also keep Miss Israel safe from the roving eye of pageant director Donald Trump...
Matt Rees, in his piece about Israel's new battle plan [WORLD, April 9], stated that Yasser Arafat is "at best in only partial control" of the aggression against Israel. In the same breath, Rees also pointed out that Hamas and Islamic Jihad had sent five bombers into Israel. Arafat is totally in control over revolving-door policies that release militant Palestinians back onto the streets, and he should be held fully accountable for their attacks. JOSH HASTEN Indianapolis...
...starters, the Israelis want to know the details of just what "concrete steps" Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Administration would be required to take to stop attacks on Israelis. And it?s a fair question: Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah, which have been in the forefront of recent Palestinian mortar and bombing attacks on Israelis are not answerable to Arafat, and they've made it abundantly clear they have no interest in observing any cease-fire agreement. Even more alarming, though, may be the open defiance of Arafat being displayed by his own Fatah movement, whose armed Tanzim militiamen have fought...