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Dismissing Arafat

Sharon had heard it all
before from the Palestinian leader.

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that made a mockery of Palestinian
pretensions to sovereignty in these ter-
ritories.
Israeli helicopters continued to
destroy Palestinian security installa-
tions.
Perhaps even more sobering, from
Arafat's standpoint, was the fact that
the United States was not publicly
criticizing the Israeli military moves. It
was as though Sharon had a green
light from the Bush administration to
mangle Arafat's state-in-the-making.

rick or treat? That slightly
our-of-season challenge
reflects Israeli reaction to
Palestinian Authority leader
Yasser Arafat's dramatic call on his
people for "a complete stop to all
armed activities, especially the suicide
attacks."
Analysts noted that it was Arafat's
strongest call yet — in Arabic, on
Worldwide Criticism
Palestinian television — to end
Worse yet, Arafat's standing in the
Palestinian terror.
international community, which
He also mentioned mortar bombing
plummeted drastically after a
of Israeli settlements which,
wave
of suicide bombings in
he claimed, gives Sharon a
early
December,
showed no
pretext to strike at the
real
signs
of
recovery.
That
Palestinian Authority.
At the U.N. Security Council on
showed that Arafat's call extended to
Saturday, Britain and Norway point-
the territories as well — and not, as
edly abstained on a PLO-sponsored
some chagrined Palestinians claimed,
draft calling for international observers
only to Israel proper.
to be sent to the region. The U.S.
However, after Arafat has voiced
vetoed
the resolution — and, beyond
support for so many cease-fires that
the
Arab
world, there was virtually no
never materialized, Israeli Prime
criticism of the veto.
Minister Ariel Sharon did not even
Even within the Arab world, Arafat
deign to react.
could feel his isolation growing..
Indeed, within hours of the speech
Egypt and Jordan signaled that they,
Sunday, Palestinian gunmen were
too,
are fed up with Arafat's prevarica-
again shooting at Israelis in the West
tion
and want to see real action
Bank and firing mortars in the Gaza
against
terrorists such as those from
Strip. Three Israelis were injured
Hamas
and
Islamic Jihad.
Monday, one seriously, in shooting
For
Egypt
and Jordan, it is not just a
attacks.
matter of the peace process with Israel:
"Israel's patience with empty words
The rise of Islamic fundamentalism
and false promises has run out,"
can spill over into their countries, put-
Sharon told French President Jacques
ting their regimes at risk.
Chirac in a phone call Monday. "Israel
Some Israeli observers, therefore, say
wants to see actions and results."
Arafat
may have reached a watershed
Just 10 days earlier, at Sharon's
and
will
finally take meaningful action
behest, the Security Cabinet formally
to
quell
violence.
If he does so,,howev-
and
"irrelevant"
declared Arafat
er, he surely will demand a diplomatic
foreswore further dealings with him.
quid pro quo — from Israel, the
But in the army and the intelligence
Americans and the international com-
community, there is a view that
munity.
Arafat's speech might — just might —
Palestinian officials said early in the
be a turning point, representing his
week
that they had shut dozens of
belated realization of just how precari-
Hamas
and Islamic Jihad facilities in
ous his position has become.
the West Bank and Gaza Strip and
Arafat spoke from his office in
arrested 180 activists.
Ramallah, with Israeli tanks parked
Sharon's circle gave little credence to
less than 300 yards away. Other Israel
such
claims, or to Arafat's call for an
Defense Forces armored units had
end
to
violence.
entered Palestinian-controlled areas in
"All
bluff," Finance Minister Silvan
the West Bank and Gaza over the
Shalom
said. "Anyone putting any
weekend on search-and-arrest missions

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