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Posted on 10/05/2003 7:09:28 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
GAZA, Oct 5, 2003 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- A top aide to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat announced Sunday that Arafat is intending to declare a ceasefire initiative with Israel within the coming 72 hours. "The coming 72 hours are carrying a political initiative that President Arafat is intending to declare to reinforce the activities of the new Palestinian government headed by Prime Minister-designate Ahmed Qurei, or Abu Alla," Arafat's aide Nabil Abu Rudeineh told reporters.
Well-informed Palestinian sources said the important part of Arafat's initiative "is to call for an immediate and mutual ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians."
"The political initiative would give the new government a strong push to manifest the aspirations of the Palestinians and keep their achievements and to respond to all the signed agreements, including the roadmap peace plan," said Abu Rudeineh. He said the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) is scheduled to convene on Wednesday at Arafat's headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah to approve the new government.
Arafat had chaired two separate meetings of Palestinian mainstream Fatah central committee and the PLO executive committee, discussing some of the urgent issues, Abu Rudeineh said.
He described the Israeli threats following Saturday's suicide bombing attack in northern Israeli coastal city of Haifa, in which 19 people were killed, as "dangerous."
He also called on the United States and quartet committee, which groups the United Nations, United States, Russia and the European Union, to press for Israeli self-control in action against the Palestinians.
Strap 40 lbs. of Semtex to Arafat and blow his @$$ up.
Sickening that he's been able to say this so many times.
Entire families were decimated in yesterday's devastating terrorist massacre in Haifa, with the bloodshed spanning three generations in two different families. Among the 19 victims were five members of each of two different families, three husband-and-wife pairs, three children, a baby, and four Christian Arabs.
Five members of the Zer-Aviv family of Kibbutz Yagur, southeast of Haifa, were murdered: Bruriah, 59; her son Betzalel, 30, and his wife Keren, 29; and their children Liran, 4, and Noyah, 14 months. They will be buried on Tuesday afternoon.
Five members of the Almog family of Haifa were murdered: Ze'ev, 71, former head of the Naval Officers Academy in Acre, and his wife Ruth, 70; their son Moshe, 43, Moshe's son Tomer, 9; and Assaf Shteier, 10, son of Ze'ev and Ruth's daughter Galit. Ze'ev Almog was a heroic figure in the Israel Navy, a member of the delegation that accompanied the first submarines to Israel, and commander of the Livyatan submarine - a twin sister to the famous Dakar that sank on its way to Israel in 1968. His nephew is Maj.-Gen. Doron Almog, who served until recently as IDF Commander of the Southern Region.
Mark Biano, 29, and his wife Naomi, 25, of Haifa. The couple had no children. Nir Regev, 25, of Nahariya, son of the current Naval Officers Academy head, Lt.-Col. (res.) Eli Regev. Tzvi Bahat, 35, of Haifa. Irena Sofrin, 38, Kiryat Bialik. Her husband and two children were wounded. Four Christian Arabs: Usama Najar, 27, and Matanes Karkabi, 29, of Wadi Nisnas in Haifa; Hana Naim Francis, 39, and his cousin Sharbal Matar, 23, of Fasuta in the Galilee.
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YOM KIPPUR EVE
HAIFA TERROR ATTACK
KILLS 19 WOUNDS OVER 60
October 4th, At least 19 people were killed and 60 wounded when a woman suicide bomber blew herself up in a restaurant in the northern city of Haifa at around 2:15 P.M. on Saturday. A number of children are among the dead, and six of the wounded are in serious condition.
Victims of the Haifa bombing: 
A wounded child taken from the scene of the Haifa Terror Attack
A wounded victim of Haifa attack is escorted to hospital by Police
Children injured in Haifa attack lay in hospital beds awaiting treatment
Irena Sofrin, Kiryat Bialik
Nir Regev, 25, Netanya
Bruria Zer-Aviv, 49, Kibbutz Yagur
Bezalel Zer-Aviv, 30, , Kibbutz Yagur
Keren, Zer-Aviv 29, Kibbutz Yagur
Liran Zer-Aviv, 4, Kibbutz Yagur
Noya Zer-Aviv, 14 months, Kibbutz Yagur
Mark Biano, 30, Hafia
Naomi Biano; 30, Haifa
Osama Najar, 28, Haifa
Matan Askarkabi, Haifa
Sherbel Matar, 23, Fassouta
Hana Francis, 39, Fassouta
Ze’ev Almog, 71, Haifa
Ruth Almog, 70, Haifa
Moshe Almog, 43, Haifa
Tomer Almog, 9, Haifa
Asaf Staier, 11, Haifa
Zvi Bahat, Haifa
BABY KILLED IN ROSH HASHANAH ATTACK
Seven-month-old Shaked Avraham was one of two victims
in the attack Friday night at the settlement of Negohot
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An Islamic Jihad terrorist murdered a seven-month-old baby and a 26-year-old man in the West Bank settlement of Negohot on Friday night, opening fire on a home filled with people sharing a Rosh Hashana meal.
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