Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2155-1001074092-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 21 Sep 2001 05:10:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 4737 invoked by uid 510); 21 Sep 2001 12:09:02 -0000 Received: from n22.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.72) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 21 Sep 2001 12:09:02 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2155-1001074092-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.220] by cj.egroups.com with NNFMP; 21 Sep 2001 12:08:40 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 21 Sep 2001 12:08:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 4554 invoked from network); 21 Sep 2001 12:08:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.1.220 with QMQP; 21 Sep 2001 12:08:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 21 Sep 2001 12:08:40 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id FAA15180 for iwar@onelist.com; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 05:08:39 -0700 Message-Id: <200109211208.FAA15180@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 05:08:39 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Mideast.ceasefire.violence.dashes.prospect.of.early.Peres-Arafat.meeting] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Friday, September 21 5:35 PM SGT Mideast ceasefire violence dashes prospect of early Peres-Arafat meeting JERUSALEM, Sept 21 (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon debated Friday whether to give the green light to a high-level Israeli-Palestinian meeting, after renewed violence in the territories dealt a blow to the ceasefire declared by both sides. The prospect of a meeting this weekend between Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was crushed Thursday following renewed slayings two days after the truce was declared. Talks are now unlikely before early next week, public radio said after a special Israeli cabinet meeting to consider a response to the violent breaches of the fragile truce ended early Friday morning. Sharon has said Peres, a left-winger who has played a central role in the on-again, off-again peace process, can only meet Arafat after 48 hours of total calm following Tuesday's ceasefire declaration. The truce, announced by Arafat and Israel, was pushed through under pressure from the United States, which is trying to end the Middle East conflict and draw Arab countries into an anti-terrorism coalition. Islamic militants have vowed to continue armed resistance in their fight to end Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. Meanwhile minister without portfolio Tzipi Livni told AFP that Israel would continue to refrain from "offensice operations." As Israel blamed Arafat for allowing on-going attacks, the Palestinian Authority attempted to tighten his grip on the situation by shutting down a private television station in the West Bank town of Bethlehem for broadcasting that an Israeli settler woman was killed Thursday. In an unprecedented move, the local Al-Roa (Shepherd) television was shut down "to prevent incitement among Palestinians, following an illegal act, which goes against Yasser Arafat's orders," Palestinian security sources said. The shooting of the Jewish settler in the West Bank was claimed by the Al-Aqsa Brigades, an offshoot of Arafat's Fatah faction. A Palestinian man was killed later by Israeli forces at a checkpoint in the southern Gaza Strip after a drive-by grenade and shooting attack on a nearby Jewish settlement left five Israeli soldiers injured. Israeli public radio said a series of armed incidents, none of which produced any injuries, occurred Thursday night and early Friday in the Palestinian territories. In a period of relative calm Friday morning, resistance to the anti-terrorism coalition flared in the Gaza Strip's Jabaliyah refugee camp as demonstators rallied against an anticipated US attack on Afghanistan, fearing that other Muslim countries would be targeted. The Israeli ambassador in Washington, David Ivri, told the top-selling Yediot Aharonot daily: "Israel offers the United States all the help deemed necessary, including the use of Israeli airspace." Over the past few days, Israel has been bracing for a possible remake of the US attack against Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War, to which Saddam Hussein's forces had retaliated by firing missiles on the Jewish state, killing two and injuring hundreds. Due to the violence since the truce was declared, a meeting between Peres and Arafat was not even on the agenda of the special Israeli cabinet meeting, public radio said. Israel's security chiefs told the cabinet that Arafat's decision to proclaim a ceasefire was purely a tactical move, the report said. The Palestinian leadership, which also met late Thursday, accused Israel of "sabotaging" the ceasefire and returning to military escalation, the official Palestinian Wafa news agency said. Before the meetings, Peres met with chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat and a senior Palestinian lawmaker to prepare for the talks, national television said. Arafat held talks in the West Bank town of Ramallah with US ambassador Daniel Kurtzer and the European Union's envoy to the Middle East, Miguel Angel Moratinos. "Our implementation of the decision announced by Arafat to stop fire continues," top aide Nabil Abu Rudeina said before the session. Palestinian officials said Israel was to blame for much of the violence, calling the Gaza Strip killing and two brief Israeli incursions into Palestinian-controlled land in the south and central parts of the zone a violation of the truce. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE VeriSign guide to security solutions for your web site: encrypting transactions, securing intranets, and more! http://us.click.yahoo.com/XrFcOC/m5_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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