Jerusalem bomb attack crosses new boundary: Israeli press

AFP | 3/10/02

[newzjunkey]

Compound??? Doesn't he live in an apartment in the Moslem quarter?

[eclectic]

It is somewhere left of Ha'aretz.

Left of Ha'aretz is the abyss

[ladyinred]

My heart goes out to the Israeli's. I cannot imagine living with the horror of terrorist attacks almost daily as they do.
I totally agree with the stepping up of retaliation that Sharon has employed the past few weeks.
Fighting fire with fire is the only language the terrorists understand. They have no intention of stopping the violence against Israel.
The more the Israeli government gives them, the more they demand.

[Alouette]

Arabic news outlets trumpeted Arafat's election as president of the Palestinian Authority with more than 80 percent of the vote.

Who ran against him?

[MACD]

Who ran against him?

Samirha Khalil

From Jimmy Carter's group . ….
"We saw a number of problems on election day," said Harry Barnes, director of The Carter Center's Conflict Resolution and Human Rights programs. "These included campaign activities within polling places, problems with secrecy of ballots, general disorganization, and some intimidation by party agents and security officials. While we don't want to minimize these and other irregularities, we saw no pattern of fraud or manipulation. Overall, the Palestinian people had an historic opportunity to choose their leaders, and they did so with enthusiasm and a high degree of civic responsibility."