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Double Bomb Attack • •
Shatters Peace Hope

"We must not let the enemi
mentalist group Islamic Jihad question no one is likely to an-
of peace prevail," he said
reportedly claimed responsibilt- - swer soon.
The president said he did s'
Israeli officials said after
ty for the bombings
On March 21, a suicide Wednesday's aftack that no talks know whether the Palestinian
could have done some-
bomber struck a Tel Aviv cafe, can occur until Palestinian Au- Authority
thing to prevent the attack, but
thority
Chairman
Yassir
Arafat
killing three Israelis. Hamas was
takes concrete action to wipe out he said he expected Arafat to in-
responsible for that attack.
the terrorist infrastructure in the crease "security operations" and
The
March
strike,
along
with
SPECIAL
TO
THE
JEWISH
NEWS
MICHELE CHABIN
strengthen security cooperation
the building of a Jewish housing autonomous region.
All focus on negotiations quick- with the Israelis.
At least 150 people, including project in southeastern Jerusalem,
Jerusalem (JTA) A week that
Arafat telephoned both Israeli
began with promise ended in several Arab workers, were in- led to a virtual freeze in Israeli- ly dissipated Wednesday as the Prime Minister Binyamin Ne-
collective
mourning
began.
jured.
Palestinian negotiations.
bloodshed.
Ambulances had to contend tanyahu and President Ezer
David Boneh, a butcher in his
After months of inaction, a
The twin suicide bombs that
Weizman to express condolences. .
shook Jerusalem's Mahane 40s, said the attack came as a burst of diplomatic activity was with heavy traffic to reach the in-
But the premier rejected
jured
and
dead,
several
of
whom
seen
in
the
region
over
the
past
Yehuda On Wednesday struck complete shock.
Arafat's
words, telling him sor-
remained
in
grave
or
serious
con-
"Last winter, when all the week, including the first high-
not only the heart of Israel's cap-
row is not enough. Netanyahu
dition
Wednesday
evening.
The
ital but also any immediate hope bombs were going off, I expected level meetings between Israelis
market skirts Jaffa Road, the said Arafat must act resolutely
of reviving the moribund peace something to happen all the and Palestinians in months.
against the terrorist organiza-
busiest street in the capital.
p rocess.
tions.
Rescue
crews
had
to
make
"Things in Jerusalem have
The colorful open-air market,
"We expect not only words of
their way through thousands of
with its maze of stalls filled with been quiet for over a year, and
consolation
from the Palestinian
people,
many
of
whom
appeared,
fresh produce and noisy vendors, I'd stopped worrying," he said,
Authority,"
he
said. "We expect
to be in shock.
brings 'tens of thousands of referring to a wave of bombings
action."
At
the
scene,
police
and
soldiers
that
rocked
Israel
in
February
Jerusalemites each day to buy
Egyptian President Hosni
assisted the ambulance crews,
and March 1996.
their food.
And unlike his other recent who searched through the wreck- Mubarak and Jordan's King Hus-
This week's attack came on trips, which proved unsuccess-
The market also attracts'
sein denounced the attacks and
the eve of a planned trip by Den- ful, this time Ross was expected age for casualties.
many tourists.
phoned Netanyahu to express
Much
of
the
activity
revolved
nis
Ross,
U.S.
special
Middle
The blasts killed at least 14
to arrive armed with a detailed around a popular butcher store their condolences.
people, including the two terror- East coordinator.
American proposal designed to
Netanyahu called a state of
Ross' mission, intended to jump-start the stalled negotia- that was destroyed by the blast. emergency
ists, who reportedly carried suit-
and designated Thurs-
Many
of
the
burned
and
bleed-
jump-start
the
moribund
peace
cases containing explosives into
tions.
day
as
a
day
of mourning.
ing
victims
had
been
in
the
store
the heart of the crowded market. process, was postponed"for an
Whether that proposal — said or just outside it, shopping for
Officials sealed the West Bank
appropriate
period
of
mourning,"
Dressed in black jackets and
to include a suspension of new
0 Strip until "further no-
and Gaza
and vegetables.
ties, the two apparently sta- President Chnton announced a construction by Israel in disput-. fruits
tice."
In
Washington,
President
Clin-
tioned themselves away from the White House on Wednesday. ed areas and closer security co- ton condemned the killings in a
correspondent Naomi Segal
The terrorist attack is the first operation between Israel and the
each other and set off their ex-
in Jerusalem contributed to this
special
news
conference
called
im-
to
strike
the
center
of
Israel
in
plosives one after the other s ac-
Palestinian Authority —would
report.
over four months. The funda- have produced any results is a mediately after the attack.
cording to an initial inquiry.

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The peace talks
were suspended.

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